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(Facing p. 17.)
Artist
- Name:
- Vere Boyle, Eleanor (E.V.B.)
- Dates:
- 1825-1916
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Lithographer:
- Leighton Bros.
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Illinois Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Fairy tales
- Author(s):
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Publisher:
- London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
An old woman is spinning by the fireplace with a spindle and a distaff, in the company of a rooster and a cat who looks sternly at a “duckling” sitting in the foreground, in the shadow of a wooden chest. Illustration to “The Ugly Duckling.”
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, Andersen's fairy tales, bird, cat, children's book, color, fairy tale, female, fire, rural, Victorian, working
