Title:
" MANY A WINTER'S NIGHT SHE FLIES THROUGH THE STREETS AND PEEPS IN AT THE WINDOWS AND THEN THE ICE FREEZES ON THE PANES INTO WONDERFUL PATTERNS LIKE FLOWERS "
Have they also a queen-bee?” asked the little boy, for he knew that there was one among the real bees.
“Yes, they have one,” said grandmother. “She always flies where they swarm thickest. She is the largest of them all, and never settles on the earth, but flies up again into the black sky. Many a winter’s night does she fly through the streets of the town, and looks in at the windows, and then they freeze fantastically and look like flowers.”
“Yes, I’ve seen that!” said both the children, and then they knew that it was true.
“Can the Snow Queen come in here?” asked the little girl.
“Let her try!” said the boy; “I’ll put her on the hot stove, and then she’ll melt.”
But the grandmother smoothed his hair, and told them some more tales.
The original illustration first appears in
STORIES FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON
Artist:
Edmund Dulac
Edmond Dulac
(October 1882 – May 1953)
Was a French-British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer.
He studied law but later turned to the study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts.
He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books.
After the war, the deluxe children's book market shrank, and he then turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures.
He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
Date Printed: 1975
Condition:
45+ yr old colour art print on quality paper in very good vintage condition - circa 1975
*** Does NOT include a frame *** Frame is for presentation ONLY **
Size with margins:
10 x 8 inches
Image size:
9 x 7 inches
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