Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes
Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, ca. 1900.
British artist Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes (1859-1912), who with her husband and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes founded the Newlyn School of Art in 1899, is the author and illustrator of King Arthur’s Wood (1904). In that story, based on Malory’s “Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney,” a young boy, Myles Morris, meets a “little Brown Spirit of the Woodlands” and hears from him the deeds of Sir Gareth. The Spirit, a “dwarf” who accompanied Gareth on his quest, teaches Myles to love the creatures of the woods and to be kind to all things weaker than himself. Through the “shining example” of Gareth, the Spirit shows Myles how to be honest and brave and helps him grow into a good and successful man. The magnificently illustrated volume includes both color and tinted plates based on Forbes’ watercolors and charcoals, three of which are displayed here.
King Arthur’s Wood: Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes and with It the Tale Re-Told of Sir Gareth of Orkney and ye Lady of ye Castle Perilous. Plate 19.
King Arthur’s Wood: Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes and with It the Tale Re-Told of Sir Gareth of Orkney and ye Lady of ye Castle Perilous. Plate 22.
King Arthur’s Wood: Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes and with It the Tale Re-Told of Sir Gareth of Orkney and ye Lady of ye Castle Perilous. Plate 24.