Fairy tales

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Artist/Maker	Andersen, Hans Christian (author) Vere Boyle, Eleanor (illustrator)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

94 pages, with colour illustrations
Content: The wild swans -- The ugly duckling -- The fellow traveller -- The little mermaid -- Thumbkinetta -- The angel -- The garden of paradise -- The snow queen.

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Categories	National Art Library Books Children & Childhood Literature
Object type	Book
Title	Fairy tales
Materials and techniques	Paper Ink Printing Wood Engraving
Brief description	Book, Fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by 12 large designs in colour after original drawings by E.V.B. Newly translated by H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Plesner, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872.
Physical description	94 pages, with colour illustrations Content: The wild swans -- The ugly duckling -- The fellow traveller -- The little mermaid -- Thumbkinetta -- The angel -- The garden of paradise -- The snow queen.
Dimensions	Closed. head to tail. height: 320mm (Approx) Closed. spine to foredge. width: 265mm (Approx) Closed. left to right board. depth: 25mm (Approx) Closed. base to top of book. height: 320mm (Approx) (Note: Closed on lectern. Base to top of book.) Closed on lectern. spine to foredge. width: 265mm (Approx) (Note: Closed on lectern. Spine to foredge.) Closed. from front of mount to back of mount. depth: 300mm (Approx) (Note: Closed. From front of mount to back of mount.)
Production type	Mass produced
Copy number	Copy C
Gallery label	Re:Imagining Musicals, 15th October 2022 - 4th February 2024 Fairy Tales 1872 Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tales have inspired many musicals, including Stiles and Drewe’s Honk! (1993) based on The Ugly Duckling. The Walt Disney Company turned The Little Mermaid into an animated film musical in 1989 and later embraced Anderson’s 1844 fairy tale The Snow Queen to create Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019). Written by Hans Christian Anderson Printing ink on paper and card Museum no. L.776-1943(2022)
Object history	Accessioned in 1943.
Other numbers	804.AT.0001 - NAL Pressmark 38041800848749 - NAL barcode
Collection	National Art Library
Library number	L.776-1943

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Record created	January 25, 2022
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1683268/fairy-tales-book-andersen-hans-christian/

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