Faithful John

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A man is reclining with a Celtic harp in his hand at the prow of a sailboat

It happened, as they were still journeying on the open sea, that Faithful John, as he sat in the forepart of the ship and made music, caught sight of three ravens in the air flying overhead. Then he stopped playing & listened to what they said one to another.

Artist

Name:: Crane, Walter
Dates:: 1845-1915
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Swain, Joseph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm
Author:: Brothers Grimm
Publisher:: London: Macmillan and Co., 1914
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A man dressed in the sixteenth-century fashion is reclining with a Celtic harp in his hand at the prow of a sailboat carrying a couple of lovers watched over by Cupid.

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