Thor at Jotunheim
Date1902
Artist
Bertha Corson Day
(American painter and illustrator, 1875–1968)
Illustration Citation"Thor at Jotunheim," in Where the Wind Blows, by Katharine Pyle (New York: R.H. Russell, 1902)
MediumInk and watercolor on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 18 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (47.9 × 31.8 cm)
sheet: 23 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (60.8 × 45.6 cm)
sheet: 23 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (60.8 × 45.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Marshall Cole, 1988
Object number1988-162
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this Norse legend, the powerful god Thor is suddenly unable to lift a cat as part of a contest in the castle of the giants. One of the castle's inhabitants — a giant too large to fit in Corson Day's frame — wields his sword over Thor.
