Signed Illustrations by H.J. Ford and Reginald Knowles
I have so far to go--I have so far to go
Pen and ink on paper. Signed with initials. 10 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Framed and glazed. Reproduced as a full-page illustration opposite page 232 in the book, Legends From Fairyland, London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. A knight approaches the wounded figure of Love in a forest scene. A beautiful pen and ink drawing by Reginald Knowles who joined his brother, Horace Knowles, in illustrating this book.Price: $1800.00
Stan Bolovan Meets His Family
Original drawing from Violet Fairy Book
Pen and ink on paper. Signed. 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Museum mounted, framed and glazed. Reproduced on page 113 of The Violet Fairy Book, London: Longman's, Green & Company, 1897. Henry Justice Ford was born in 1860 and began his association with Andrew Lang in 1889 when he began doing most of the illustrations for Lang's Coloured Fairy Book series. The Violet Fairy Book was the seventh of 12 books in this series. Early H.J.Ford drawings for the Lang colored fairy books are very scarce. This drawing is an especially lively example of Ford's work and is in fine condition with no fading of the black ink or toning of the white background.
Price $4200.00
