The Queen Disenchants the Wild Swans

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A king leans over the body of a woman laid on a funeral pyre as distraught young men surround them

The Queen disenchants the wild swans and faints upon the funeral pyre.

(Facing p. 11.)

Artist

Name:: Vere Boyle, Eleanor (E.V.B.)
Dates:: 1825-1916
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Leighton Bros.
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: University of Illinois Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Fairy tales
Author:: Andersen, Hans Christian
Publisher:: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872
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A squire holds the horse of a young king leaning over the body of a woman laid on a funeral pyre while the lament of a group of distraught young men surrounds the couple.

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