Drawing for illustration to 'The Snow Queen'
Watercolour
1911 (made)
1911 (made)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Drawing for illustration to 'The Snow Queen', watercolour by Edmund Dulac, 1911. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Edmund Dulac/ 11 (Signed and dated) |
| Gallery label | Display 'Into the Woods: Trees in Illustration'; Gallery 102; June 2017 to the end of January 2018
Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)
Original illustration to 'The Snow Queen' from 'Stories from Hans Christian Andersen'
1911
The illustrations for Andersen's collection of fairly tales are some of the most memorable produced by Dulac. Using his rich, trademark blue the artist has created an atmospheric, nocturnal scene which serves to emphasize the ethereal, horse-drawn carriage highlighted in gold, which is speeding through the woods.
Pen, ink and watercolour
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod
Museum no. E.392-1948(2017) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod |
| Object history | Drawing for an illustration to 'The Snow Queen' on page 51 of 'Stories from Hans Andersen' published by Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1911. |
| Literary reference | 'The Snow Queen' |
| Bibliographic reference | Engen, Rodney. The Age of Enchantment. Beardsley, Dulac and their Contemporaries 1890-1930, London : Scala Publishers Ltd., 2007
no.111 |
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| Accession number | E.392-1948 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2007 |
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