In 1812, the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, published Children and Household Tales, a collection German fairy tales. This illustration accompanied the tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and shows one of the little elves with the shoemaker's wife who had fashioned clothes for the elves. This image is from Grimms Eventyr (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Carl Ewald, published in 1922. The frontispiece has the illustrations by Philip Grot Johann and R. Leinweber.


In 1812, the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, published Children and Household Tales, a collection German fairy tales. This illustration accompanied the tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and shows one of the little elves with the shoemaker's wife who had fashioned clothes for the elves. This image is from Grimms Eventyr (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Carl Ewald, published in 1922. The frontispiece has the illustrations by Philip Grot Johann and R. Leinweber.


Size: 4471px × 3990px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 1810s, 19th, brothers, carl, century, clothes, elf, elves, ewald, fairy, fairytale, german, goethe, grimm, grimms, grot, jacob, johann, leinweber, philip, shoemaker, shoemakers, tales, wife, wilhelm