The Old Woman, with Cuckoo Shortlegs and the Cat

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The old woman, with Cuckoo Shortlegs and the cat, who wouldn’t associate with the ugly duckling.

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Artist

Name:
Vere Boyle, Eleanor (E.V.B.)
Dates:
1825-1916
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
Leighton Bros.
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
University of Illinois Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Fairy tales
Author:
Andersen, Hans Christian
Publisher:
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872
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Description:

An old woman is spinning by the fireplace with a spindle and a distaff, in the company of a rooster and a cat who looks sternly at a “duckling” sitting in the foreground, in the shadow of a wooden chest. Illustration to “The Ugly Duckling.”

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