Dulac Hats

Description: 'The Merman King had been for many years a widower, but his old mother kept house for him; she was a clever woman, but so proud of her noble birth that she wore twelve oysters on her tail, while other grandees were only allowed six.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: Gerda and the Reindeer - Edmund Dulac Gerda kissing the reindeer on the nose. Illustration from The Snow Queen

Description: "The other people in the book looked at her in surprise" The Little Girl in a Book - Edmund Dulac

Description: Fulfilled Desire - Edmund Dulac The 72nd Quatrain Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerg'd from, shall so soon expire Please look in my shop for more work by "Edmund Dulac":https://www.redbubble.com/people/forgottenbeauty/collections/946585-edmund-dulac?asc=u

Description: Illustration for The Bells, Edmund Dulac for Edgar Allan Poe

Description: 'I used to meet her in the garden, the ravine, and in the manor fields. She was always picking flowers and herbs, those she knew her father could use for healing drinks and potions.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: "I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning. It is terrible!" An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: 'Many a winter's night she flies through the streets and peeps in at the windows, and then the ice freezes on the panes into wonderful patterns like flowers.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.