Illustration Of King And Witch; Scene From Sleeping Beauty – Antique Wall Art
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Illustration Of King And Witch; Scene From Sleeping Beauty comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Illustration Of King And Witch; Scene From Sleeping Beauty
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A king and a witch share the frame in this wood engraving, a scene from the tale of the Sleeping Beauty, published as an illustration in a book of that title around 1868. The story, known from Charles Perrault's 1697 version and the Brothers Grimm's "Little Briar Rose," turns on a curse laid by an uninvited sorceress at a royal christening, which makes the witch the source of the tale's dread. Wood engraving was the standard way to print pictures alongside text in mid-nineteenth-century books and magazines, and its dense, fine lines give the scene the dark, old-fashioned mood that makes it a natural fit for a Halloween display.
| Created / published | c. 1868 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, wood engraving |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Sleeping Beauty |
| Original scan | 2,700 × 3,847 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136125 |
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