Colour pencil, 242 mm x 181 mm, 2016
The wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, 'Dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God will always protect thee, and I will look down on thee from heaven and be near thee.' Thereupon she closed her eyes and departed.
Colour pencil, 215 mm x 169 mm, 2016
The woman had brought two daughters into the house with her, who were beautiful and fair of face, but vile and black of heart. Now began a bad time for the poor stepchild.
Colour pencil, 215 mm x 169 mm, 2016
And to Cinderella he gave the branch from the hazel bush. Cinderella thanked him, went to her mother's grave and planted the branch on it, and wept so much that the tears fell down on it and watered it. And it grew, however, and became a handsome tree. Thrice a day Cinderella went and sat beneath it, and wept and prayed.
Colour pencil, 259 mm x 210 mm, 2015
As no one was now at home, Cinderella went to her mother's grave beneath the hazel tree, and cried,
'Shiver and quiver, little tree,
Silver and gold throw down over me'
Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver.
Colour pencil, 224 mm x 183 mm, 2015
When evening came, Cinderella wished to leave, and the King's son was anxious to go with her, but she escaped from him so quickly that he could not follow her. the King's son had, however, used a stratagem, and had caused the whole staircase to be smeared with pitch, and there, when she ran down, had the maiden's left slipper remained sticking.
Colour pencil, 250 mm x 186 mm, 2016
The eldest went with the shoe into her room and wanted to try it on, and her mother stood by. But she could not get her big toe into it, and the shoe was too small for her. Then her mother gave her a knife and said, 'Cut the toe off; when thou art Queen thou wilt have no more need to go on foot.'
Illustrations based on the original Cinderella fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
