Thor at Jotunheim

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Thor at Jotunheim
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Thor at Jotunheim

Date1902
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)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Marshall Cole, 1988
Object number1988-162
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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.