Image: The Dreaming Iolanthe from Henrik Hertz's play King René's Daughter 1876

Description: "The Dreaming Iolanthe", a character in the play "King René's Daughter" (Kong Renes Datter) by Danish poet and playwright Henrik Hertz (1797-1870). Photograph of a bas-relief sculpture made of butter by Caroline S. Brooks (1840-1913). Caption: "1776 1876. The Dreaming Iolanthe, King Rene's daughter, from Henri Herz. A study in butter, by Caroline S. Brooks, daughter of Abel Shawk. The tools used, were a common Butter Paddle, Cedar Sticks, Broom Straws, and a Camels Hair Pencil. Sculptured on a Kitchen Table without a Model, in a Milk Pan 15 inches in diameter, and brought from Helena Ark., a distance of 2000 miles, to the Centennial. Nine pounds of Butter were used in modelling this subject."
Title: The Dreaming Iolanthe from Henrik Hertz's play King René's Daughter 1876
Credit: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.08919. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Author: Caroline Shawk Brooks
Permission: PD-US "No known restrictions on publication."
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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