H. J. Ford - Maidens, Monsters and Heroes: The Fantasy Illustrations of H. J. Ford

Djuns Magic in the House of the Chief THE STORY OF DJUN The Strange Story Book, 1913 At Dover Publications were committed to producing books in an earth-friendly manner and to helping our customers make greener choices.Manufacturing books in the United States ensures compliance with strict environmental laws and eliminates the need for international freight shipping, a major contributor to global air pollution.And printing on recycled paper helps minimize our consumption of trees, water and fossil fuels. The text of Maidens, Monsters and Heroes was printed on paper made with 10% post-consumer waste, and the cover was printed on paper made with 10/ post-consumer waste. According to Environmental Defenses Paper Calculator, by using this innovative paper instead of conventional papers, we achieved the following environmental benefits: Trees Saved: 9 Air Emissions Eliminated: 768 pounds
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Ford , first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2010, is an original compilation of illustrations from the following sources, all selected and edited by Andrew Lang, illustrated by H. J. Ford, and published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York, except where noted: The Blue Fairy Book, 1889; The Red Fairy Book , 1890; The Green Fairy Book, 1892; The Yellow Fairy Book , 1894; The Red True Story Book , 1895; The Pink Fairy Book , 1897; The Arabian Nights Entertainments , 1898; The Red Book of Animal Stories , 1899; The Grey Fairy Book , 1900; The Violet Fairy Book , 1901; The Book of Romance , 1902; The Crimson Fairy Book , 1903; The Brown Fairy Book , 1904; The Orange Fairy Book , 1906; The Olive Fairy Book, 1907; Tales of Troy and Greece , 1907; The Book of Princes and Princesses , selected by Mrs. Lang and edited by Andrew Lang, 1908; The Lilac Fairy Book , 1910; The All Sorts of Stories Book , selected by Mrs. Lang and edited by Andrew Lang, 1911; The Book of Saints and Heroes , selected by Mrs. Lang and edited by Andrew Lang, 1912; The Strange Story Book , selected by Mrs.

Lang and edited by Andrew Lang, 1913; Introduction to American History by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran, 1916; and Pilot and Other Stories by Harry Plunket Greene, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1916. Library of Congress Data Maidens, monsters and heroes: the fantasy illustrations of H.J. Ford / selected and edited by Jeff A. Menges. p. cm.

Original compilation of illustrations from a variety of sources published between 1889 and 1916. 9780486139791 1. Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 18601941Themes, motives. 2.

Fantasy in art. I. Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 18601941. II.

Menges, Jeff A. NC978.5.F65A4 2010
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www.doverpublications.com INTRODUCTION Henry Justice Ford grew up in the heart of the Victorian age. He was born in the environs of London in 1860, and spent most of his life there. The visual work he produced would have the input and support of Britains Victorian painters, including the Pre-Raphaelites, and he became part ofand influencedthe Golden Age of illustration. Fords fairy-tale illustrations are some of the best known and most frequently reproduced works of the period. J. J.

Ford attended both the Slade School of Fine Art and the School of Art at Bushey, where he studied under Alphonse Legros and Sir Hubert von Herkomer. Though mostly remembered for his illustration work, Ford also was close to the fine artists of the period. Counted among the pre-Raphaelites himself, he was a good friend to prominent painter Edward Burne-Jones. In the earlier part of his career, Ford often exhibited landscape and imaginative works, but the success of his illustration work would steer the course of his later years. The Giants Shadow THE KING OF THE WATERFALLS The Lilac Fairy Book, 1910 Beginning in childhood, our experience with literature imprints certain concepts, including the battle between good and evil, the presence of magic, the expression of bravery, and the meaning of love. They are built upon the foundations of the stories collected by Grimm, DAulunoy, and Andersen, and are passed on down to us from the earliest myths and legends.

Many of the iconic elements that populate the tales of youth of the Edwardian era sprang from the pages of author and editor Andrew Langs Color fairy books. In fact, some of the earliest, most widely printed imagery came from this series, produced in Britain from 1889 to 1910. Over that twenty-one-year stretch, Andrew Lang combed through a sizable collection of tales to select the best stories; the resulting twelve volumes are full of imagery. The initial volume, the Blue Fairy Book , was released in 1889, and contained illustrations by G. P. Jacomb Hood, as well as twenty-nine-year-old Henry Justice Ford.

Langs second volume featured artwork by Ford and Lancelot Speed. As the series became increasingly popular, and as more volumes were released, other illustrators were dropped from the project. In 1892, with the Green Fairy Book , H. J. Ford became the sole illustrator, and he would remain so for the next nine volumes, over the next eighteen years. Grendels Mother drags Beowulf to the bottom of the Lake THE STORY OF BEOWULF, GRENDEL, AND GRENDELS MOTHER The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1899 How Atalanta and Meleager slew the Wild Boar of Caledon MELEAGER THE HUNTER The All Sorts of Stories Book, 1911 The relationship between Andrew Lang and H. J. J.

Ford was mutually beneficial. There were few books in British childrens literature that were as popular as the Color fairy books, and the pairing was so successful that, after Andrew Langs passing in 1912, Longmans, Green and Co. continued to publish works with Langs namealong with Mrs. Langs (she contributed greatly to the later volumes). Ford worked with Mrs. Lang on titles such as The Book of Princes and Princesses, The Book of Saints and Heroes, and The All Sorts of Stories Book .

After World War I, with the resulting drop in book production and the Lang fairy books behind him, Ford found fewer assignments. His last book, issued in 1921, was an edition of Bunyans Pilgrims Progress. Ford died in 1941, leaving a wealth of images deeply planted in the imaginations of a generation. Jeff A. Menges October 2009 Table of Contents
Kynon meets with the black master of the Beasts THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN The Lilac Fairy Book, 1910 Part I: Early Line Work In the original Blue book of Andrew Langs fairy series, the work done by H. J.