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English: Mother Hulda

Record number: 23052501 Artist: Kubel, Otto (German, 1868-1951) Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Frau Holle / O. Kubel, pinx. Item caption/descriptive text, back: 1. Eine Witwe hatte zwei Töchter: die eine schön und fleißig, die andere häßlich und faul. Letztere war ihre rechte Tochter. Diese hatte sie viel lieber, und die andere mußte alle Arbeit verrichten, täglich am Brunnen spinnen, bis das Blut an den Fingern herunterlief. Die Spule fiel beim Waschen in den Brunnen, das Mädchen mußte hintendreinspringen und wurde bewußtlos. = A widow had two daughters: one beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The latter was her own daughter, whom she much preferred her; while her stepdaughter had to do all the work, spinning at the well every day until the blood ran down her fingers. One day the spindle fell into the well while she was washing, so the girl had to jump in to retrieve it, and passed out. Uniform title: Grimm: Frau Holle (“Mother Hulda”) Dimensions: 141 x 91 mm. Date: 1922 or earlier Nationality: German Publisher: Verlag: Farbenphotographische Gesellschaft m.b.H., Stuttgart, [Germany] Series: Serie 139 Nr. 3794 Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting Interpretive notes: The cruel stepmother forces her stepdaughter to do all of the work, including spinning while seated by the well. The widow favors her own daughter, and allows her to live in privilege and idleness (from the window of the house, she watches her stepsister hard at work). Subject headings: Sisters; Stepmothers; Chickens

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