The Slippers of Cinderella

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A woman wearing a white dress and a feathered bow in her hair is seen standing in a park — The slippers of Cinderella.

Artist

Name:: Beardsley, Aubrey
Dates:: 1872-1898
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: People
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: David O. McKay Library at BYU, Idaho, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: The yellow book, vol. 2
Author(s):: Collective work
Publisher:: Boston, London: Copeland & Day, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894

Description

A young woman wearing a white dress and a feathered bow in her hair is seen from the side standing in a park. This illustration comes with the following caption, attributed to Hector Sandus:

For you must have all heard of the Princess Cinderella with her slim feet and shining slippers. She was beloved by Prince ******, who married her, but she died soon afterwards, poisoned (according to Dr. Gerschovius) by her elder sister Arabella, with powdered glass. It was ground I suspect from those very slippers she danced in at the famous ball. For the slippers of Cinderella have never been found since. They are not at Cluny.

Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, female, periodical, Victorian, Yellow book