Nuström Sleeping Beauty postcard
Summary
"The Sleeping Beauty." Old postcard illustration from the fairytale of "Sleeping Beauty", by Jenny Nyström. (Source.)
Alternate titles: "Prinsess Törnros." (source) (Swedish for "Princess Sleeping Beauty"), "Dornröschen" (source) (the German name for Sleeping Beauty).
Created prior to February 28, 1899 (source; German to English translation: "The stamp comes from Frankfurt am Main and Munich, with the date Feb 28, (18)99).
Jenny Nystrom (1854—1946) was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the jultomte on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus to the gnomes and tomtar of Scandinavian folklore. Her father was a school teacher and piano teacher, and also the cantor of the Kalmar Castle Church.