The King of the Golden River
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The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria is a fantasy story originally written in 1841 by John Ruskin for the twelve-year-old Effie Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It wa
Title page, designed by Richard Doyle
Gluck and the King of the Golden River, illustration to a later edition by John C. Johansen
The Black Brothers
John Ruskin by a Roycrofter
Richard Doyle (illustrator)
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Richard "Dickie" Doyle was a British illustrator of the Victorian era. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch magazine; he drew the cover of the first issue, and designed the mag
The King of the Golden River
…over evil; however, it could also be characterised as a fable, a fabricated origin myth and a parable. It was illustrated with 22 illustrations by Richard Doyle (1824–1883). A later edition was illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1932. The richness of the Treasure Valley, high in the mountains of Stiria or Styria…
An elf and a fairy kissing, from In Fairy Land (1870)
The prince thanking the Water Fairy, image from Princess Nobody (1884), illustrated by Doyle, engraved and coloured by Edmund Evans
Poor little birdie teased, illustrated by Doyle, engraved and coloured by Edmund Evans
Fairy Rings and Toadstools (1875)