Antique coloured plate of "The Six Swans", 1913

Easily style your kid's room with this exquisite tipped-in coloured plate with vibrant colours and incredible detail. This plate depicts the story of "The Six Swans" and was made by Warwick Goble.

The accompanying text for this illustration is: “The queen threw one of the shirts over each of them, and when the shirts touched their bodies, they were changed into swans, and flew away over the wood."

This beautiful 109-year-old plate is in excellent condition and originates from the first edition of The Fairy Book, written by Dinah Craik and published in 1913. The plate comes with a pre-cut high quality matboard with a light grey / silver linen top layer. The matboard is acid-free, protecting the print. 

The image you see is a photograph of the actual item. 

Artist: Warwick Goble
Rear of the print: blank, no images or text
Matboard size (= frame size): 21 x 30 cm | 8.27 x 11.81 inch
Print size: 17,5 x 24 cm | 6.89 x 9.45 inch

Warwick Goble (1862-143) was a British illustrator of children's books. In 1909, he became resident gift book illustrator for MacMillan. Among others, he produced illustrations for The Fairy Book, written by English novelist and poet, Dinah Maria Craik. She is best remembered for her novel John Halifax, Gentleman. Fun fact: Warwick Goble was the first to illustrate H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.