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Artist
- Name:
- Pedersen, Vilhelm
- Dates:
- 1820-1859
- Country:
- Denmark
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Eventyr og Historier, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Publisher:
- Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1913
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A Tiny little girl stands on the leaf of a water lily which she arranged to be towed by a butterfly attached to it with her girdle. This illustration was created for the tale “Little Thumbelina.”
The caption reads in the original Danish: Saa tog hun sit Livbaand, bandt den ene Ende om Sommerfuglen.
Keywords: 1910s, 20th century, Andersen's fairy tales, black & white, butterfly, child, children's book, fairy tale, fantasy, female
