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A whipping top and a ball lie among other toys such as a jack-in-the-box, a doll, a soldier... — A whipping top and a ball lay close together in a drawer among other playthings.

Artist

Name:: Pedersen, Vilhelm
Dates:: 1820-1859
Country:: Denmark

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Eventyr og Historier, vol. 1
Author(s):: Andersen, Hans Christian
Publisher:: Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1913
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Description

A whipping top and a ball with anthropomorphous features lie among other toys such as a jack-in-the-box, a doll, a soldier…

The caption reads in the original Danish: Toppen og Bolden laa i Skuffe sammen mellem andet Legetøj.

Keywords: 1910s, 20th century, Andersen's fairy tales, black & white, children's book, fairy tale, toy

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