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Rina Fosati
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I mostly post things I find interesting from the first half of the 20th Century. Click on the image to display the meandering content I call alt text.
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In researching Kay Nielsen, I re-discovered this image, which he also created for “East of the Sun.” Before I was married, I used it as a bookplate. You might find one pasted in the front of an ancient tome; my name written in sprawling child-like cursive across the bottom.

In this illustration a man and a woman ride a white steed. A small hill rises behind them. The woman is cradled in the man’s lap. Her long gown drags along the ground. The man’s visage is skull-like & he wears a long openwork crown. The steed’s mane & tail are elaborately braided & behind the saddle, he carries a decorative broadsword & elongated shield with a highly stylized face carved in it.
     “The Lassie and the King riding home,” illustration for the Norwegian fairy tale “The Lassie and her Godmother,” from “East of the Sun and West of the Moon: old tales from the North,” 1914 by Kay Nielsen (Danish, 1886–1957)
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Rina Fosati
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I mostly post things I find interesting from the first half of the 20th Century. Click on the image to display the meandering content I call alt text.
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