Sonntag, 18. August 2024

THE BOOK OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY J. FORD

 Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941) was a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s.




NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE COMMANDS HIS FIRST ARMY

BONAPARTE HEARS THE MARSEILLAISE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

"WHY DID THEY EVER LET THESE BEASTS ENTER?"

BONAPARTE IN THE BATTERY OF THE FEARLESS


HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ROME

FEEDING THE GAZELLES WITH TOBACCO

"OPEN I  WANT PAPA"
"SIRE, I MUST NOT LET IN YOUR MAJESTY"

NAPOLEON SHOWS THE PORTRAIT TO THE GENERALS

PRINCESS JEANNE

THE OUBLIETTES


JEANNE'S RUDENESS TO THE DUKE OF CLÈVES


THE CARDINAL READS THE KING'S LETTER TO JEANNE


HACON THE KING

INGA TRUSTS THE BABY TO ERLEND

"TO MAKE HIM GROW TALLER"

INGA ENDURES THE ORDEAL OF THE HOT IRON.


MI REINA! MI REINA!

MARIE LOUISE RECEIVES THE VISITS OF CONDOLENCE

MARIE LOUISE MAKES HER PETITION TO THE KING


TWO SPANISH GENTLEMEN RESCUE THE QUEEN

THE CAMARER MAYOR GETS HER EARS BOXED!

THE QUEEN ENVIES THE FLEMISH SKATES


HENRIETTE THE SIEGE BABY

"IF CAPTURE IS SURE BLOW UP THE VESSEL " SHE SAID.

LADY DALKEITH'S JOURNEY TO DOVER

SHE ONLY WAVED HIM OUT OF HER PATH

"HERE, MADAME" SAID MAZARIN "ARE  THE PRIZES FOR A LOTTERY"


THE RED ROSE

THE RED ROSE FOR LANCASTER
THE WHITE ROSE FOR YORK

HERBERT BRINGS LITTLE HENRY TO HIS WIFE'S TENT

RICHARD'S LAST CHARGE ON BOSWORTH FIELD


THE WHITE ROSE

"YOU ARE THE FIRST KING WHO HAS ENTERED SANCTUARY"

THE KING SHOWS ELIZABETH HER MAP OF DESTINY

"DESOLATE AND DISMAYED"

THE QUEEN ENTRUSTS LITTLE RICHARD TO THE CARDINAL

"ELIZABETH GOES TO THE INN TO MEET THE CONSPIRATORS"


RICHARD THE FEARLESS

WILLIAM LONGSWORD IS PROUD OF HIS SON RICHARD

THE TRUSS OF HAY


FREDERICK AND WILHELMINE

THE WIG-INSPECTOR AT WORK

GOOD GRACIOUS WHAT A FIGURE
WHY SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE DWARF

FREDERICK PRACTISES HIS FLUTE EVEN WHEN OUT HUNTING

HE STAMPED IT DOWN WITH HIS HEAVY BOOT

FREDERICK BIDS FAREWELL TO KATTE

BROTHER AND SISTER MEET AGAIN


UNE REINE MALHEUREUSE

MARIE ANTOINETTE AND MOZART

SHE DELIGHTED IN HER DANCING LESSONS

"LED BY THE KINGAND THE DAUPHIN"

THE SWISS GUARD PRESENT ARMS TO MARIE ANTOINETTE

MARIE ANTOINETTE GOES HUNTING WITH THE DAUPHIN


THE 'LITTLE QUEEN'

ISABEL IN THE DARK EVENINGS

"LOOK LOOK SHE CRIED TO HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS

RICHARD AND ISABEL COME TO LONDON

THE KING STOPS THE DUEL

RICHARD'S LAST FAREWELL TO ISABEL




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