Andersen Fairy tales by Nielsen

1830s, 1920s, illustration, dessin, drawing, etching, drypoint, aquatint, gouache, watercolor, Zeichnung, Entwurf, disegno, illustrazione 1 Minute
Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, signed by the illustrator, 12 tipped-in colour plates and illustrations by Kay Nielsen, red half morocco gilt by Birdsall, 1924 | src Bonhams

The draught of air caught the dancer, and she flew like a sylph just into the stove to the tin soldier. [The Tin Soldier and the Dancer ~ The Brave Tin Soldier ~ The Hardy Tin Soldier (1838)]

“She stood all day on the roof waiting, and most likely she is wailing still.” ~ The Flying Trunk (The Met, 1981)
Andersen’s Fairy Tales, with illustrations by Kay Nielsen ~ The Tin Soldier and the Dancer ~ The Brave Tin Soldier (detail) | src Bonhams

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