Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Prince Throws the Apple to the Princess
A richly armoured rider reaches upward towards a princess leaning from a window. His horse’s decorated head and the long lance fill the narrow foreground. Ford’s caption identifies the apple thrown to the princess in The Golden Crab.
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H. J. Ford. "The Prince Throws the Apple to the Princess" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-ford-46
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source design inspected individually; printed caption and tale checked. Original linework retained. Editorial title.
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H. J. Ford. The Prince Throws the Apple to the Princess. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-golden-crab