THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES by artist Denise Bledsoe

Mixed media, 7 1/2" tall x 4" wide

He is tied into his throne but can be removed. He is very proud of his new clothes.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a literary folktale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about a vain emperor who gets exposed before his subjects. The tale has been translated into over 100 languages.

It was first published on 7 April 1837, as the third and final installment of Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. The tale has been adapted to various media, and the story's title, the phrase "The Emperor has no clothes", and variations thereof have been adopted for use in numerous other works and as an idiom.

Read the folktale: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html