Eleanor Vere Boyle artwork - Tommelise very desolate on the water-lily leaf with fish aplenty below and and just an orange tip butterfly for company.

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"Tommelise very desolate on the water-lily leaf." An illustration from Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "Thumbelina", depicting the titular character sitting on a leaf in the stream. From Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, London:

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Size: 3807px × 4936px
Photo credit: © steeve-x-art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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