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Les Cygnes Sauvages
« Previous picture (2) | Next picture (4) » The Wild Swans Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘Les Cygnes Sauvages’ (‘The Wild Swans’), a fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by an evil […]
L’Intrépide Soldat de Plomb
« Previous picture (1) | Next picture (3) » The Steadfast Tin Soldier Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wideSee also Le Soldat de Plomb (1) | Le Soldat de Plomb (2) L’Intrépide Soldat de Plomb (‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’) is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin […]
La Petite Sirène
Next picture (2) » The Little Mermaid Drawing by Françoise Taylor, 1945/46Actual size: 285mm high x 210mm wide For ‘La Petite Sirène’ (‘The Little Mermaid’), a fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea […]
Houses and children (1950s Bolton)
« Previous picture (8) | Kick-off at Burnden Park » Engraving by Françoise Taylor, early 1950sActual size: 304mm high x 252mm wide From selected engravings and etchings « Previous picture (8) | Kick-off at Burnden Park »
Dog (in Bolton back street)
« Previous picture (7) | Next picture (9) » Etching by Françoise Taylor, 1951Actual size: 303mm high x 257mm wide From selected engravings and etchings « Previous picture (7) | Next picture (9) »
The mad hatter’s tea party
« Previous picture (12) | Next picture (14) » By Françoise Taylor, circa 1945Actual size: 230mm high x 200mm wide Actually “A Mad Tea-Party”, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by the English author Lewis Carroll (1865). From other pictures by Françoise Taylor « Previous picture (12) | Next picture (14) »
Heureux les humbles
« Previous picture (3) | Next picture (5) » Engraving by Françoise Taylor, mid-1940s The picture is titled ‘Heureux Les Humbles’, a collection of short stories by the French writer Jean de La Varende, published in 1942. From selected engravings and etchings « Previous picture (3) | Next picture (5) »
Le rat des villes et le rat des champs
The town rat and the country rat « Previous picture (4) | Next picture (6) » Woodcut by Françoise Taylor, circa 1945Actual size: 100mm high x 118mm wide One of six woodcuts for Æsop’s Fables. From selected woodcuts « Previous picture (4) | Next picture (6) »
Le chien et la vache
The dog and the cow « Previous picture (3) | Next picture (5) » Woodcut by Françoise Taylor, circa 1945Actual size: 100mm high x 118mm wide One of six woodcuts for Æsop’s Fables. From selected woodcuts « Previous picture (3) | Next picture (5) »
L’ours et les abeilles
The bear and the bees « Previous picture (2) | Next picture (4) » Woodcut by Françoise Taylor, circa 1945Actual size: 100mm high x 118mm wide One of six woodcuts for Æsop’s Fables. From selected woodcuts « Previous picture (2) | Next picture (4) »