Sleeping Beauty ballet, reawakening scene
While the King and Queen sleep, Prince Charming, with the blessing of the Lilac Fairy, bends to kiss the Sleeping Princess and thereby awaken her. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697, and performed as a ballet in several versions, the most famous being set to music by Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1890
Picture No
10472762
Media ID
46060073
Size
6315px x 3779px
(3.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Cutout illustration by Lotte Reiniger in Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 1960, p33
Date
1960
