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Christine's Picture Book: Hans Christian Andersen and Grandfather Drewsen
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.
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.
270 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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