Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Whistle Summons the Birds
A tall cloaked figure raises a small object to his mouth beneath a curving flock of black birds. Pale and brightly coloured birds gather closer to the ground. The caption identifies the whistle that summons a flock large enough to darken the field.
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Kay Nielsen. "The Whistle Summons the Birds" [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 249. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/nielsen-summoned-birds
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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 Whistle Summons the Birds. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Scan leaf 249. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/nielsen-summoned-birds