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Fairy tales

Book
1872 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFairy tales
Materials and techniques
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 typeMass produced
Copy number
Copy C
Gallery label
(2022)
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
Object history
Accessioned in 1943.
Other numbers
  • 804.AT.0001 - NAL Pressmark
  • 38041800848749 - NAL barcode
Collection
Library number
L.776-1943

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2022
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