The Fairy of the Dawn, by Henry Justice Ford

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The Fairy of the Dawn, by Henry Justice Ford

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The Fairy of the Dawn
ink drawing with gouache corrections
25 x 14.5 cm
inscribed: Among The Flowers were Lovely maidens calling to him with soft Voices

Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941) was a prolific and successful artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s. Sometimes known as H. J. Ford or Henry J. Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous beautiful illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, which captured the imagination of a generation of British children and were sold worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1892, Ford began exhibiting paintings of historical subjects and landscapes at the Royal Academy of Art exhibitions.

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1850
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