Little Red Riding Hood's house (Épinal imagery, The little architect, n°53)
Image series :
Notice n°1 sur 4 Notice suivante
Date :
1868
Type of image :
Lithographie
zincographie sur papier, colorié au pochoir
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
47x38 cm
Topic :
Signed work
Description
The wolf in Grandma's bed is upside down on the cutting board, so at first it's unrecognizable. It's stuck to the bottom of the house, which is therefore the grandmother's house, not Little Red Riding Hood's...
The roof of the house is red, by contamination of the hood...
History :
- Signed lower left "Imp[rimerie] lith[ographie] PELLERIN & Cie à Épinal, Fournisseurs Brevetés de S. M. l'Impératrice. Property of the Publishers. (Déposé.)"
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #024479
Image editing :
Image web