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| Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Tennyson Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Guinevere As in the golden days. ~ See All 21 Illustrations Below ~ |
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1871-1945) created these illustrations for Tennyson's Idylls of the King, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1913. Follow the link on her name to read her biography, and click *here* to read the poems and to view the images in their original context, where the illustrations are framed by lovely borders.
All 21 illustrations are presented here. Click each image from Enid, Vivien, Elaine and Guinevere for high resolution, and guess which may be my favorites.
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Frontispiece, Illustration for Vivien Sir Lancelot went ambassador, at first, To fetch her, and she took him for the King. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Enid To make her beauty vary day by day, In crimsons and in purples and in gems. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Enid Enid |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Enid Yniol's rusted arms were on his princely person, but thro' these Princelike his bearing shone. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Enid They rode so slowly and they look'd so pale. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Enid And many past, but none regarded her. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Vivien At which the King Had gazed upon her blankly and gone by. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Vivien O master do you love my tender rhyme? |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Vivien Nor saw she save the King, who wrought the charm. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Vivien And in the hollow oak he lay as dead, And lost to life and use and name and fame. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Elaine Elaine |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Elaine Then to her tower she climb'd, and took the shield, There kept it, and so lived in fantasy. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Elaine But to be with you still, to see your face, To serve you, and to follow you 'thro the world. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Elaine So those two brethren from the chariot took And on the black decks laid her in her bed. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Elaine Farewell, fair lily. |
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| Add caption Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Guinevere The Queen who sat betwixt her best Enid, and lissome Vivien, of her court The wiliest and the worst. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Guinevere It was their last hour, A madness of farewells. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Guinevere Before the coming of the sinful Queen. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Guinevere They found a naked child upon the sands Of dark Dundagil by the Cornish sea; And that was Arthur; and they foster'd him Till he by miracles was approven King. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Guinevere As in the golden days. |
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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson London: Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913 Illustration for Guinevere The sombre close of that voluptuous day Which wrought the ruin of my lord the King. |
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Absolutely beautiful. It's astonishing how prolific these golden age illustrators could be. I don't know how to guess your favorites, but to think of mine, which are any of the Ladies in their fineries.
ReplyDeleteHi Thom, I love Elaine sewing in her bower, and with her shield; Enid walking beside Yniol; Guinevere with her ladies, both at the fountain and with the birds in the garden; the old man beneath the tree, both with the lady and alone; Enid at sunset: and all of the rest!
DeleteThank you for sharing your lovely page and blogspot. It is quite an Inspiration. Inspiration, move me brightly
ReplyDeletelight the song with sense and color, hold away despair. More than this I will not ask. Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last some rise, some fall, some climb...to get to Terrapin"