Fairy Tales & Folklore
The King Catches the White Duck
A crowned king holds a large white duck against his chest. Courtiers gather behind him in a stone courtyard. The caption identifies the king catching the duck, whose lament reveals the queen’s enchantment in the Russian tale.
Read the source pageLoading your collection…
Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The King Catches the White Duck" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 197. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-king-white-duck
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The bird is the transformed queen. The three birds below belong to her children, not hunting trophies or decorative attendants.
Sources
From the book
The Yellow Fairy BookAndrew Lang1906More from this book
The Swineherd Takes the Ten Kisses
The Swineherd Takes the Ten Kisses
The Six Brothers Changed into SwansRelated illustrations
Cite this illustration
Henry Justice Ford. The King Catches the White Duck. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 197. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-king-white-duck