Christiern Posted August 23, 2008 Report Posted August 23, 2008 My grandparents knew well the lady who posed for this statue. As a kid, I recall her coming over for dinner, and I noted that she had legs. Today the much maligned mermaid looks splendid at 95. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE MERMAID! TIL LYKKE MED FĂDSELSDAGEN, LILLE HAVFRUE! Quote
Aggie87 Posted August 23, 2008 Report Posted August 23, 2008 Last saw the statue in 1984 - she's a beauty. I'd love to get back to Copenhagen as well, fascinating place. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 23, 2008 Report Posted August 23, 2008 When you look at that photo full size, she looks a bit pissed off. She's supposed to be waiting for her sailor man to sail back into harbour isn't she? I should think she'd be glad he wasn't coming back. MG Quote
AllenLowe Posted August 23, 2008 Report Posted August 23, 2008 Chris, did she come visiting looking like that? or did she at least wear pasties? Quote
Brownian Motion Posted August 23, 2008 Report Posted August 23, 2008 Gloomy Europeans can have their tragic little half-fish heroine. It takes Hollywood to give her a happy ending. Quote
Christiern Posted August 23, 2008 Author Report Posted August 23, 2008 Chris, did she come visiting looking like that? or did she at least wear pasties? No pasties, Allen, but a nice pair of legs. She was probably between 50 and 60 years of age. Besides, pasties would not have been required at my grandparents' home. Although we were not a religious family, a common request was, "If you see something god did not create, holler." All one could hear was the ticking of the old clock in the corner. The little lady of the sea is a bit on the masculine side in the 1849 illustration Vilhelm Petersen made for the original book edition. Quote
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