Cut Off the First Head

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Cut Off the First Head — Then Halvor cut off the first head.

Artist

Name:: Speed, Lancelot
Dates:: 1860-1931
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: California Digital Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The red fairy book
Author(s):: Lang, Andrew
Publisher:: London, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A man armed with a sword fights a nine-headed giant and starts cutting off his heads one after the other.

Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, children's book, fairy tale, fantasy, fight, giant, monster, Victorian