Art, Symbol & Imagination
The King Returns to Whiteland
Two richly robed figures face one another beneath a wide architectural arch. A pale landscape and distant city fill the opening beyond them. The caption describes the queen’s difficulty recognising the king after his long wandering has left him thin and worn.
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Kay Nielsen. "The King Returns to Whiteland" [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 139. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/nielsen-king-returns
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Descriptive Gallery title. Complete source page with original caption and margins retained. No recolouring, reconstruction or invented symbolic meaning.
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East of the Sun and West of the MoonCollected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; English versions by George Webbe Dasent; illustrated by Kay NielsenUndated editionMore from this book
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Kay Nielsen. The King Returns to Whiteland. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Scan leaf 139. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/nielsen-king-returns