The Laage Petersen Collection No. 656 |
Silhouettes
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Binding.
33 x 26 cm. | |
Bouquet stand and butterfly with dancers.
21 x 17 cm. Cut on Holsteinborg 1874 for Elisabeth Møller, the daughter of the local rural dean F.A.C. Møller: "Hans Christian Andersen and I were at the same time guests on Holsteinborg. One day as we were going to the dinner table he came and gave me a bouquet. - "By rights some flower paper should have been around it" he said, then from his pocket took a scissors and some paper and cut it while I was looking at it. - The summer 74." | ||
Garland with men and swans.
23 x 23 cm. | ||
Dancers under trees.
15 x 9,5 cm. Cut for Axel Læssøe in 1866. | ||
Tableau of dancers.
23 x 15 cm. On the paper cut Hans Christian Andersen has written (here in normal prose): "From the scissors of Hans Christian Andersen / a firy tale immediately sprang / You got the paper cut / Yu are the mild criticism!" | ||
Persons with umbrellas.
10,5 x 11,5 cm. | ||
Silhouette with swan and flowers.
23,5 x 30 Cut on Basnæs |
© Det Kongelige Bibliotek 2002