Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Prince with the Nine Sorrows
A row of pale-clothed women moves beneath a broad curving branch beside a timbered house. Great peahens fill the lower foreground among flowers and fine leaves. The design opens the tale of the prince and the foster-sisters whose loss has shaped his sorrows.
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Laurence Housman. "The Prince with the Nine Sorrows" [editorial title]. In The House of Joy, Laurence Housman. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895; written and illustrated by Laurence Housman., 1895, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. Source scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0427-0006
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Laurence Housman. The Prince with the Nine Sorrows. The House of Joy. Scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0427-0006