She Took Off Her Girdle

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Zoom in — She took off her girdle and tied one end of it round the butterfly.

Artist

Name:: Pedersen, Vilhelm
Dates:: 1820-1859
Country:: Denmark

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Eventyr og Historier, vol. 1
Author:: Andersen, Hans Christian
Publisher:: Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1913
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Description:

A Tiny little girl stands on the leaf of a water lily which she arranged to be towed by a butterfly attached to it with her girdle. This illustration was created for the tale “Little Thumbelina.”

The caption reads in the original Danish: Saa tog hun sit Livbaand, bandt den ene Ende om Sommerfuglen.

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