The Idylls of the King (1912)

Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

 

 

To the left, we show a rare example of the 1st Edition of

The Idylls of the King carrying the illustrations of

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. That Edition was published

by Hodder & Stoughton (London) in 1912.

 

This copy retains the original gold- and blue-stamped

decorated navy cloth cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the right, we show the Title Page

to this Edition of Idylls of the King.

 

Idylls of the King is a cycle of 12 narrative poems by the English Poet Laureate, Lord Tennyson, that retells the legendary

rise and fall of King Arthur and his Kingdom. In the variant interpreted illustratively by Fortescue-Brickdale, the tale is

arranged in the form first published in 1859, including the poems "Enid", "Vivien", "Elaine" and "Guinevere".

 

The illustrations contributed by Fortescue-Brickdale to the version published in 1912 are decorated in wonderful fashion,

as would be expected given her Pre-Raphaelite influences and the themes explored by Tennyson.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Images

 

 

For connoisseurs of the art of Eleanor Forescue-Brickdale, we have prepared sets of 21 Greeting Cards displaying each of hermajor colour images for The Idylls of the King and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code: EFB IK CS(21)
Price: US$105.00

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and the images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each

card carries information about Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have

left the interior of the cards blank so that you may write your own personal message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below.

Each of these large format prints is also accompanied by information about Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, this suite and the

profiled illustration.

 

To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will be taken through to our Shopping Cart

secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any

destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.

 

 

The colour illustrations

 

Enid

To make her beauty vary day by day,

In crimsons and in purples and in gems

 

 

Enid

Enid

Enid

Yniol's rusted arms

Were on his princely person, but thro' these

Princelike his bearing shone

 

 

Enid

They rode so slowly and they look'd so pale

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK1 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK2 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK3 (12x18)
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Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

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Enid

And many past, but none regarded her

 

 

Vivien

At which the King

Had gazed upon her blankly and gone by

Vivien

O master, do you love my tender rhyme?

Vivien

Nor saw she save the King,

who wrought the charm

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK5 (12x18)
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Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK6 (12x18)
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Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK7 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK8 (12x18)
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Vivien

Sir Lancelot went ambassador, at first,

To fetch her, and she took him for the King

 

 

Vivien

And in the hollow oak he lay as dead,

And lost to life and use and name and fame

Elaine

Elaine

Elaine

Then to her tower she climb'd, and took the shield,

There kept it, and so lived in fantasy

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK9 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK10 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK11 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

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Elaine

But to be with you still, to see your face,

To serve you, and to follow you thro' the world

 

 

Elaine

So those two brethren from the chariot took

And on the black decks laid her in her bed

Elaine

Farewell, fair lily

Guinevere

The Queen who sat betwixt her best

Enid, and Lissome Vivien, of her court

The wiliest and the worst

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK13 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK14 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK15 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK16 (12x18)
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Guinevere

It was their last hour,

A madness of farewells

 

 

Guinevere

Before the coming of the sinful Queen

 

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 miracle was approven King

 

 

Guinevere

As in the golden days

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK17 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK18 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK19 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

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Guinevere

The sombre close of that voluptuous day

Which wrought the ruin of my lord the King

 

 

      

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: EFB IK21 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00