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Christine's Picture Book: Hans Christian Andersen and Grandfather Drewsen

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Description:Christine Stampe, the daughter of a Danish baron, was three years old on October 30, 1859. As a special birthday present, her grandfather, Adolph Drewsen, made for her a beautiful scrapbook filled with an amazing variety of colorful prints, carefully cut from Danish newspapers, German magazines, and French picture-sleeves.Adolph Drewsen was not alone in this labor of love. Beside him as he put together the pages sat his good friend Hans Christian Andersen. In addition to being a remarkable storyteller, Andersen was a gifted graphic artist who often delighted children by creating fanciful paper-cuts. Together with Grandfather Drewsen, he composed the intricate pages of Christine's birthday present; wrote funny, intimate verses here and there throughout the book; and added five elaborate paper-cuts of his own.The scrapbook that Drewsen and Andersen created has been reproduced as exactly as possible, with the addition of an English translation of the verses and with a background essay and notes by the Andersen scholar Dr. Erik Dal. The skills of the modern paper maker, photographer, and printer have been combined to bring life to a beautiful family treasure from the nineteenth century for the delight of families today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Christine's Picture Book: Hans Christian Andersen and Grandfather Drewsen. To get started finding Christine's Picture Book: Hans Christian Andersen and Grandfather Drewsen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Release: 1984

ISBN: 0030057299

Description: Christine Stampe, the daughter of a Danish baron, was three years old on October 30, 1859. As a special birthday present, her grandfather, Adolph Drewsen, made for her a beautiful scrapbook filled with an amazing variety of colorful prints, carefully cut from Danish newspapers, German magazines, and French picture-sleeves.Adolph Drewsen was not alone in this labor of love. Beside him as he put together the pages sat his good friend Hans Christian Andersen. In addition to being a remarkable storyteller, Andersen was a gifted graphic artist who often delighted children by creating fanciful paper-cuts. Together with Grandfather Drewsen, he composed the intricate pages of Christine's birthday present; wrote funny, intimate verses here and there throughout the book; and added five elaborate paper-cuts of his own.The scrapbook that Drewsen and Andersen created has been reproduced as exactly as possible, with the addition of an English translation of the verses and with a background essay and notes by the Andersen scholar Dr. Erik Dal. The skills of the modern paper maker, photographer, and printer have been combined to bring life to a beautiful family treasure from the nineteenth century for the delight of families today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Christine's Picture Book: Hans Christian Andersen and Grandfather Drewsen. To get started finding Christine's Picture Book: Hans Christian Andersen and Grandfather Drewsen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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