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

Status

Not on view

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).

Object number69.50

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