The eldest son refuses the old grey man
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Title
The eldest son refuses the old grey man
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Golden goose
Names
Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1800 - 1923 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Fairy Tales
Woodcutters
Forests
Gnomes
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863. Kinder- und Haus-märchen
Genres
Notes
Source Note: The golden goose. With drawings by L. Leslie Brooke. (London F. Warne n.d) Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) (1862-1940), Author.
Physical Description
Chromolithographs
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 21 x 16 cm.
Lithographs
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8eca57f0-c5ba-012f-6707-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1800 - 1923). The eldest son refuses the old grey man Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eca57f0-c5ba-012f-6707-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The eldest son refuses the old grey man" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eca57f0-c5ba-012f-6707-58d385a7bc34
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