Art, Symbol & Imagination
Farewell at the Giant’s Door
A young man turns away from a princess at a doorway surrounded by fantastic carved figures. A small wolf waits at his feet among the plants. The caption records their long farewell before his departure to seek the giant’s hidden heart.
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Kay Nielsen. "Farewell at the Giant’s Door" [editorial title]. In East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; English versions by George Webbe Dasent; illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Undated New York illustrated edition, undated edition, George H. Doran Company. Source scan leaf 169. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/nielsen-giants-door
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Kay Nielsen. Farewell at the Giant’s Door. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Scan leaf 169. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/nielsen-giants-door