Huntsman and mermaid

Illustration to Bechstein fairy tale (1853) to the story "Müller und Nixe".

On the left side the cutout of a mill building. A blond woman with long braids waves out the window at a young man. He stands with his back to the viewer under the window, has raised his right knee and suggests that he wants to climb up. With his left he greets the woman above. He has a bag, knife and feather hat. To the right of the house flows a brook (in the background the mill wheel), in it is a naked blond mermaid with disbanded hair. She waves the boy to her. The representation is worked with a fine, precise stroke. The light color of the cover emphasizes the light, while occasionally little water color was used to determine the color.