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Kay Rasmus Nielsen was a Danish illustrator who was popular in the early 20th century, the Golden Age of Illustration which lasted from when Daniel Vierge and other pioneers developed printing technol
Nielsen illustration, 1914
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" is a Norwegian fairy-tale. It was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, who compiled it from variants they recorded in the regions of Ringerike
Kay Nielsen
…in the 1913 Christmas Edition. A year later in 1914, Nielsen provided 25 colour plates and more than 21 monotone images for the children's collection East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The colour images for both In Powder and Crinoline and East of the Sun and West of the Moon were reproduced by a 4-colour process, in contrast to many…
By candlelight, the heroine discovers the identity of her sleeping husband.
The white bear carries his intended on his back. Illustration from The Blue Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford.
The North Wind carries the maiden across the stormy sea. Illustration from The Blue Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford.
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