Illustration to The Little Mermaid from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

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Artist/Maker	Crane, Walter (designed and made by)
Place of origin	England (made)

Crane, Walter, A girl seated on a step beneath a colonnade dipping her foot into a lake, drawing illustrating Hans Andersen's story 'The Little Mermaid', pen and ink and watercolour

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Category	Illustration
Object type	Illustration
Titles	Illustration to The Little Mermaid from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (generic title) A girl seated on a step beneath a colonnade dipping her foot (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and watercolour Pen and Ink and Watercolour Paper Drawing Illustration
Brief description	Crane, Walter, A girl seated on a step beneath a colonnade dipping her foot into a lake, drawing illustrating Hans Andersen's story 'The Little Mermaid', pen and ink and watercolour
Marks and inscriptions	"CW" (Monogram in ink in the bottom left corner) 4 (Numbered in pencil on the back.)
Credit line	Bequeathed by H.H. Harrod
Object history	Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod, 1948
Literary reference	'The Little Mermaid' by Hans Christian Andersen
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.234-1948

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028590/illustration-to-the-little-mermaid-illustration-crane-walter/

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