The Little Mermaid - The Golden Age of Illustration Series

Hans Christian Andersen

Description

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's most famous tale 'The Little Mermaid', first published in May of 1837. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, Harry Clarke, Honor Appleton, Anne Anderson, Edmund Dulac, Mable Lucie Attwell, among others.
This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form.
The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.

Sujets

• Folk Tales
• Fairy Tales
• Legends
• Fairy tale
• Short story
• Mythology
• Classics
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 16 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781473384729
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

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Contents
List of Illustrations
Hans Christian Andersen
The Golden Age of Illustration
The Little Mermaid
Illustrator Biographies
Anne Anderson
Honor C. Appleton
Maxwell Armfield
A. W. Bayes
Gordon Browne
Andreas Duncan Carse
Harry Clarke
Rie Cramer
Edmund Dulac
Jennie Harbour
Vilhelm Pedersen
Arthur Rackham
Charles Robinson
Thomas Heath Robinson
W. Heath Robinson
Helen Stratton
Hans Tegner
Dugald Stewart Walker



List of Illustrations
The Mermaid.
Dugald Stewart Walker
The Mermaid.
Maxwell Armfield
Far out at sea, the water is as blue as the prettiest corn-flower, and as clear as the purest crystal.
Jennie Harbour
The Little Mermaid.
Anne Anderson
The Little Mermaid.
W. Heath Robinson
The Little Mermaid.
Dugald Stewart Walker
The Little Mermaid.
Arthur Rackham
The Little Mermaid.
Honor Appleton
Down below the surface of the sea live the mermen and the mermaids.
Hans Tegner
The Merman King had been for many years a widower, but his old mother kept the house for him; she was a clever woman, but so proud of her noble birth that she wore twelve oysters on her tail, while other grandees were only allowed six.
Edmund Dulac
The Six Little Princesses.
E. A. Lemann
The youngest was the most lovely.
W. Heath Robinson
Ate out of their hands, and allowed themselves to be stroked.
Helen Stratton
All the livelong day they used to play in the palace in the great halls.
Arthur rackham
They ate from their hands.
W. Heath Robinson
A statue of a beautiful boy.
Jennie Harbour
She would have nothing besides the rosy flowers like the sun up above except a statue of a beautiful boy.
Dugald Stewart Walker
She cared only for a beautiful little statue of a boy of pure white marble.
A. Duncan Carse
She made her old grandmother tell her about ships, towns and men.
Anne Anderson
She put the statue in her garden.
W. Heath Robinson
A statue, representing a handsome youth, hewn out of pure white marble.
Helen Stratton .
Still more swiftly flew over the water a flock of white swans.
Anne Anderson
Children playing in the water.
E. A. Lemann
She came across a whole flock of little children.
Arthur Rackham
They flew away in great alarm.
Helen Stratton
All the vessels scudded past in great alarm.
Helen Stratton
“Farewell!” she cried, and rose up in the water.
Honor Appleton
She lifted her head abover the sea.
Gordon Browne
Everytime she was lifted by the swell she could see through the transparent panes crowds of gaily dressed people.
Thomas Robinson
A big three masted ship lay close by.
Maxwell Armfield
The sun had just set when her head rose above the water.
Charles Robinson
She rose again and again on their towering crests.
Anne Anderson
The ship was beginning to make greater headway; large clouds were gathering and flashed of lightning were seen. - The little mermaid now understood that the ship was in danger.
Hans Tegner
She dived deep down under the water, rising again between the waves.
Honor Appleton
His strength was failing him, and he could hardly swim any longer.
A. W. Bayes
She held his head above the water and let the waves drive them whithersoever they would.
Dugald Stewart Walker
She at last came to the Prince, who could scarcely swim.
Gordon Browne
She held up his head, and let the waves drift them where they could.
Honor Appleton
She laid him upon the warm sand.
Anne Anderson
His limbs were numbed, his beautiful eyes were closing, and he must of died if the little mermaid had not come to the rescue.
Edmund Dulac
Many young girls came out into the garden.
Jennie Harbour
A young girl came to the spot where he lay.
A. W. Bayes
It was not long before a young maiden approached the spot where he was lying.
Helen Stratton
She seemed quite frightened at finding the prince apparently dead.
Anne Anderson
She put her arms round the marble figure which was so like the prince.
Arthur Rackham
Many an evening she rose to the place.
W. Heath Robinson
She saw him many an evening sailing about in his beautiful boat.
Anne Anderson
She saw him many times.