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2nd engraving

« Previous picture (4) Etching by Françoise Taylor, May 1944Actual size: 147mm high x 117mm wide Written in pencil in the margin: “2nd engraving ever” and (something like) “et bien sois-tu pour nous sauvés les bombes.” The picture was drawn in Belgium during World War II and shows a religious figure with a dead dove […]

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Les Centaures

« Previous picture (8) Etching by Françoise Taylor, circa 1945Actual size: 198mm high x 246mm wide For the poem ‘The Centaurs’ by the Irish writer James Stephens, probably published in 1914. Playing upon the hill three centaurs were! They lifted each a hoof! They stared at me And stamped the dust! They stamped the dust! […]

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Don Quixote

« Previous picture (13) Lithograph by Françoise Taylor, 1944Actual size: 850mm high x 500mm wide Don Quixote is the name given to Alonso Quijano, the central character of ‘The Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’, a novel by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. It was published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. […]

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Le Soldat de Plomb (untitled)

« Previous picture (8) Drawing by Françoise Taylor, Thurs 27 December 1945Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wideSee also Le Soldat de Plomb » Written in this picture: Il n’y a qu’une vérité dans chaque question (There is only one truth in each question) Je voudrais voir la possibilité de succes et de continuer (I would […]

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Le Coffre Volant

« Previous picture (7) | Next picture (9) » The Flying Trunk Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘Le Coffre Volant’ (‘The Flying Trunk’), a fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young man who has a flying trunk that carries him to Turkey where […]

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La Petite Fille sur le Pain

« Previous picture (6) | Next picture (8) » The Little Girl who Trod on the Loaf Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘La Petite Fille sur le Pain’ (‘The Little Girl who Trod on the Loaf’), a short story by Hans Christian Andersen about a girl who trod […]

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La Petite Fille et les Alumettes

« Previous picture (5) | Next picture (7) » The Little Match Girl Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘La Petite Fille et les Alumettes’ (‘The Little Match Girl’), a short story by Hans Christian Andersen about a dying child’s dreams and hopes. First published in 1845. From drawings […]

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Girl with flowers

Pen-and-ink drawing by Françoise Taylor, circa 1946Actual size: 230mm high x 160mm wide From drawings by Françoise Taylor

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La Grosse Aiguille

« Previous picture (4) | Next picture (6) » The Darning Needle Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘La Grosse Aiguille’ (‘The Darning Needle’), a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a big needle who accuses those around her of being self-centred while she is unaware of how […]

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L’Ange

« Previous picture (3) | Next picture (5) » The Angel Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘L’Ange’ (‘The Angel’), a fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about an angel and a dead child gathering flowers to carry to Heaven. It was first published in 1843 […]

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