Goose Girl

Maker Walter Crane (British, 1845-1915)

Additional Title(s)

Illustration to Grimm's "Household Stories"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1882

Mediumpen and black ink with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on board (Bristol)

Dimensions8 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (21.9 x 13.3 cm.) sheet: 12 × 7 1/2 in. (30.5 × 19.1 cm.)

SignedSignature; with rebus

InscribedInscribed: [top] Goose Girl bottom: O Wind, blow Conrad's hat away, And make him follow as it flies, While I with my gold hair will play And bind in up in seemly wise.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Friends

Label TextCrane was a successful illustrator and writer of children’s books. This drawing is a design for a full-page illustration in one of his most ambitious publications. Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm was first published in 1882 as a lavish edition of fiftythree fairy tales featuring over a hundred illustrations. The drawing was made for The Goose Girl, the tale of a princess forced to work as a lowly laborer by the evil handmaiden who assumed her royal identity. In this scene, the princess calls up a wind to blow away the hat of a bothersome boy (2022).

Status

Not on view

Object number69.50

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