They were rowed to the sound of music on the waters of their host’s private canal
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Title
They were rowed to the sound of music on the waters of their host’s private canal
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Book illustrations -- Bluebeard
Names
Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953 (Illustrator)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1910
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Fairy Tales
Bluebeard (Legendary character)
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Fées
Ship figureheads
Night
Cushions
Turbans
Young women
Etiquette
Evening gowns
Men -- Clothing & dress -- Orient
Gondolas
Villains
Orientalism in art
Caftans
Genres
Notes
Content: Title from source text.
Source Note: The sleeping beauty and other fairy tales, from the old French retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. (New York George A. Doran c19--?).
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 1 photomechanical print : letterpress halftone, col. ; 20.5 x 13 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d235aa90-c5b9-012f-61d6-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "They were rowed to the sound of music on the waters of their host’s private canal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d235aa90-c5b9-012f-61d6-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1910). They were rowed to the sound of music on the waters of their host’s private canal Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d235aa90-c5b9-012f-61d6-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "They were rowed to the sound of music on the waters of their host’s private canal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d235aa90-c5b9-012f-61d6-58d385a7bc34
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