Drawing
1870Illustration to The Little Mermaid from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Pen and ink and watercolour illstration showing the little mermaid swiming to the surface of the sea. Washes of green and blue create the different levels of the sea. Below her fishes are shown swimming.
Crane, Walter, A mermaid swimming, drawing illustrating Hans Christian Andersen's story 'The Little Mermaid', pen and ink and watercolour
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