The Marsh King's Daughter by Anne Anderson I'm finally posting my slow-growing collection of illustrations for The Marsh King's Daughter (by Hans Christian Andersen) illustrations. If you've been reading this blog for a while you'll know that this is one of my longtime favorite fairy tales, despite all the heavy handed religious aspects of the second half. I haven't included every single one if there were multiple pictures by one artist so if you look at the links (each name should link you to their work or the image source). Papercut - Maria Dorte Anne Anderson Brochure - Artist Unknown Contest "Disney's New Musical" Winner by Ashamyn Dugald Stewart Walker Harry Clarke Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908) Frølich's drawings really feel like they fit the story in mood and story telling style. I really like them. Postage stamp - Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908) Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908) Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908) Esben Hanefelt Kristensen Arnold Thornam The Walt Disney Company Kay Nielsen Kinuko Y. Craft Book Illustration 1926 The Marsh King's Daughter - Artist Unknown Arthur J. Gaskin I wish he had illustrated more aspects of the story. I love this style of illustration. Ricki Klages Marsh King's Daughter, Egyptian Princess - Artist Unknown (can't find image source either) Dugald Stewart Walker Tiziana Gironi Volquartz This looks really interesting! There is a whole section of the site dedicated to this production. Only problem is it's in Danish (I think). W. Heath Robinson Avi Katz Oscar Klever This is one of my favorites in the collection here. It really seems to fit the mood of the story and manages to incorporate many of the elements without feeling like a mural. Rex Whistler I really like this one too. amytaluuri This looks much nicer large but I wish the artist had dug a little further into the story and incorporated more key elements. drawmeapicture (silk dye on silk) W. Heath Robinson W. Heath Robinson I can't find Andersen's own papercut work for The Marsh King's Daughter online, and my H.C. Andersen fairy tale collection book which is printed with his original papercuts as the illustrations, is packed away in storage right now. I do know that it has a stork, a baby and marsh reeds and it isn't a "mirror image" or snowflake-type cut. When I find it - or find my book - I'll add it to the post. There was also at least one animation made of this story which I remember seeing somewhere back in the 70's too. Not all of it seems to be on YouTube but what parts there are, are below: I'm surprised there aren't many more illustrations floating around for this story. There are so many things going on in this one, it's rich fodder for an artist's imagination. (This illustration HERE by Beatriz Martin Vidal isn't based on the fairy tale - which is why I haven't included it in the collection here - but it would work well both for Frog King or for The Marsh King's Daughter.) I'm certain I saw some illustrations in my childhood that have helped keep this story so vivid in my imagination all these years - especially regarding scenes the beautiful but scary and out-of-control wild child Helga, of the transformation from vicious Viking girl to toad-like creature and of the nurses kindness. Either that or the story really spoke to me strongly at the time and I created my own in my head! I have a favor to ask: if you find, create, make any new or different illustrations from those posted here (ie by other artists), please email me or put a comment below and let me know - or send me a copy (with artist credited if at all possible). I'll add it to these and give you finder's credit/artist's credit (whichever is appropriate). Also, as per my previous post, I recently realized my Marsh King's Daughter inspired short story, Torn, was no longer available to read on the web anywhere, so I've made a dedicated page here at Once Upon A Blog so it will have a (hopefully) permanent home. by Tom Mazzocco You can click the tab labeled TORN under the Once Upon A Blog header or just click HERE to read.