Vasilissa the Fair
Date1902
Artist
Bertha Corson Day
(American painter and illustrator, 1875–1968)
Illustration Citation"Vasilissa the Fair," in Where the Wind Blows, by Katharine Pyle (New York: R.H. Russell, 1902)
MediumInk, watercolor, and gouache on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 18 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (47.6 × 32.7 cm)
sheet: 24 × 18 1/16 in. (61 × 45.9 cm)
sheet: 24 × 18 1/16 in. (61 × 45.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Marshall Cole, 1988
Object number1988-170
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn the Russian story “Vasilissa the Fair” the heroine makes her way through a dark forest with the help of a skull-lantern.
