English: Frog Prince

Record number: 23050702 Artist: Herrfurth, Oskar (German, 1862-1934) Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Der Froschkönig / O. Herrfurth, pinx. Item caption/descriptive text, back: 4. Als die Königstochter in ihrem goldenen Bettlein lag, wollte der Frosch, ihr Spielkamerad, auch in das warme Nest schlüpfen. Sie aber fürchtete den kalten Gesellen. Da drohte der Grüne: "Ich will schlafer so gut wie du, heb mich hinauf, oder ich sag's deinem Vater!" = As the king's daughter lay in her golden bed, the frog, her playmate, wanted to slip into the warm nest too. But she was afraid of the cold fellow. Then the Green One warned her: "I want to sleep as well as you do; pick me up, or I'll tell your father!" Uniform title: Grimm: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich (“The Frog King [Prince]” or “The Princess and the Frog”) Dimensions: 139 x 93 mm. Date: ca. mid-1920s or earlier Nationality: German Publisher: Uvachrom Gesellschaft für Farbenphotographie m.b.H., München [Munich]-Stuttgart, [Germany] Series: Serie 355 Nr. 5095 Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting Interpretive notes: When the princess went to sleep in her golden bed, the Frog demanded to sleep with her. Otherwise, he threatened to tell her father, the King, that she had broken her promise. Subject headings: Princesses; Frogs

Credit: The Jack Zipes Historic Fairy Tale Postcard Collection/Minneapolis College of Art and Design