King Arthur Graphics
The Boy's King Arthur was originally published in 1880. My copy is published in 1922 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, a delightful hardcover edition.
This is Mr. Lannier's version, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, an American illustrator, father of American artist Andrew Wyeth.
These Wyeth images are very rich in romance and are very well done. The fourteen images, plus a front–piece of Arthur, who looks like he could use a few inches more of his head, and blond, plus book cover art, inside cover as well as the cover itself, comprise these graphics.
I scanned these images at 400 dpi in jpg format. Some scans have artifacts from the prints in the book.
I hope this taste gets you to find a copy of this really choice book in some nice antiquarian book store. I may see you there…
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Book cover art
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Front piece art,
of Arthur
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As so the child was
delivered unto Merlin,
and he bare it forth
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And when they came to the
sword that the hand held,
King Arthur took it up
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I am Sir Lancelot du Lake,
King Ban's son of Benwick,
and knight of the RoundTable
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And lived by fruit and
such as he might get
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It hung upon a thorn,
and there he blew
three deadly notes
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The Lady Lyoness…
had the dwarf in examination
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"Oh, gentle knight,"
said la Belle Isolde,
"full woe am I
of thy departing"
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They fought with
him on foot
for more than three hours,
both before him
and behind him
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King Mark slew
the noble knight Sir Tristram
as he sat harping
before his lady
la Belle Isolde
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When Sir Perceval
came to the brim,
and saw the water
so boisterous,
he doubted
to overpass it
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Sir Mador's spear brake
all to pieces,
but the other's
spear held
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He rode his way
with the queen
unto Joyous Guard
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The king…
ran towards Sir Mordred,
crying,
"Traitor, now is thy
death day come"
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The Sir Lancelot
saw her visage,
but he wept greatly,
butsighed
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Art from
the inside,
front and back, covers
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