#lancelot speed

[the-evil-clergyman]

Alexander's Feast, from Andrew Lang's The Blue Poetry Book by Lancelot Speed (1891)

#lancelot speed #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #19th century #19th century art #british art #british artist #books #book illustration #poetry #poetry art #john dryden #angel #angels #classic art

[weirdlookindog]

"The death-fires danced at night." - S. T. Coleridge

Lancelot Speed - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

(The Blue Poetry Book, 1912)

#lancelot speed #the rime of the ancient mariner #samuel taylor coleridge #art #spirits #illustration #the blue poetry book #horror art

[illustratus]

#arthurian #art #lancelot speed #illustration #knight #knights #chivalry #medieval #middle ages #europe #european #england #britain #chivalric romance #armour

[lepetitdragonvert]

The Red Fairy Book

1921

Artist : Lancelot Speed

« Mother Holle »

#the red fairy book #1921 #lancelot speed #mother holle #frau holle #fairy story

[liberty1776]

Illustration for Eric Brighteyes by Lancelot Speed: Gora the Witch, "he found a beauteous woman, who wore a purple cloak and a great girdle of gold, seated on a rock, combing her black hair and singing the while; and, at her feet washing to a fro in a pool, was a dead man." H. Rider Haggard, Eric Brighteyes 1891.

Eric Brighteyes is an epic Viking novel by H. Rider Haggard that concerns the adventures of a Viking in 10th-century Iceland.

 Lancelot Speed (13 June 1860 – 31 December 1931) was a coastal painter and a British illustrator of books in the Victorian era, usually of a fantastical or romantic nature. He is probably most well known for his illustrations for Andrew Lang's fairy story books. Speed is credited as the designer of the 1916 silent film version of the novel She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard, which he illustrated.

#Eric Brighteyes #Viking woman #Gora the Witch #Lancelot Speed #Pen and ink drawing

[uwmspeccoll]

Special Collections Erasure Poetry

As a creative writer, it was suggested to me that I might try my hand at erasure poetry using material from Special Collections. No fairy tale nor fiction may be used (darn!), but something informational that may spring forth ideas from its original text into something new. I was a bit hesitant, considering poetry has never been my strong suit, but it was exciting nonetheless and I took to our collection in search of something that would spark inspiration.

After taking my time poking around, the book I came across was Readings in Welsh History by the Welsh-English writer Ernest Percival Rhys (1859-1946), and published in London, New York, and Bombay in 1901 by Longmans, Green, and Co. The volume has seventy-three illustrations, including twenty drawings by British illustrator Lancelot Speed (1860-1931). 

It was not something I would normally pick out, considering I have never been much of a history buff. Still, with the task at hand, something about the worn brown-orange book made me curious, so I decided to take a peek. To my surprise it was enticing, as the words already had a melodic charm to them - something I never quite experienced when it came to a history text. 

To pull a new meaning from something concrete is a challenge in itself, but the further I dove, the more excited I became. With the already beautifully-flowing words, it was not hard to weave a new creation from its source:

Readings In Welsh History - The Rites of the Druids

To strive, Wild beasts look upon night With dread; Fear grew into Savage religion.

Groves of oak, Precious in their eyes; Revered.

Words of fate by the wind Its branches gave shelter For prayer And magic.

And there you go -- Magic!

-- Elizabeth V., Special Collections Undergraduate Writing Intern

#erasure poetry #Special Collections #poetry #poem #Readings in Welsh History #Ernest Percival Rhys #Lancelot Speed #Longmans Green and Co. #Elizabeth V.

[sandmandaddy69]

Lancelot Speed

#Lancelot Speed

[silvernwillow]

"Beatrice" (1890) by Lancelot Speed (English, 1860-1931)

#Lancelot Speed #illustration

[thebeautifulbook]

THE TRUE STORY BOOK edited by Andrew Lang. (London/New York: Longmans Green, 1917) with numerous illustrations by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, Henry Justice Ford, C.H.M. Kerr, and Lancelot Speed.

source

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #illustrated book #vintage books #children’s book #andrew lang #henry justice ford #lancelot speed #montezuma #miguel cervantes #casanova

[justineportraits]

Lancelot Speed    The marriage of King Arthur and Guinevere   1912

#lancelot speed #guinevere

[the-evil-clergyman]

Night, from Andrew Lang's The Blue Poetry Book by Lancelot Speed (1891)

#lancelot speed #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #19th century #19th century art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #english artist #british artist #books #book illustration #poetry #poetry art #william blake #night #fox #angels #classic art

[weirdlookindog]

"The moan of the wind sunk silent and low, and the roaring torrent had ceased to flow; The calm was more dreadful than raging storm, when the cold gray mist brought the ghastly form!" - Sir W. Scott

Lancelot Speed - St. Swithin's Chair

(The Blue Poetry Book, 1912)

#lancelot speed #sir walter scott #st. swithin's chair #demon #samhain #all hallows eve #halloween #illustration #the blue poetry book #horror art

[glitchedcosmos]

Royalty knows where it’s at. 👑

#he’s always the king of my stupid fucking heart #he’s a knight and a king wow #sonic speed simulator got its priority straight #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #king shadow #sonic speed simulator #sonic #sth #sonic games #sonic art #Lancelot #SATBK Lancelot #sonic fanart #shadow #shadow the king #shadow generations #sonic use #archie comics #digital art #my art shit #digital drawing #my art #art #art on tumblr #drawing #my artwork #digital artist #my artwrok

[lepetitdragonvert]

The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

1901

The Norka

Artist : Lancelot Speed

#the red fairy book #1901 #lancelot speed

[kuroiyuki96-art]

My Lancelot collection is growing….

#I think I love this guy too much #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sir lancelot #sonic and the black knight #sonic forces speed battle #sth #sth fanart

[hisame-chan]

Lelouch in R1 Audio Drama (E08): refuses to get onto Rivalz's bike because he "never liked the idea of hanging onto some guy's back"

Also Lelouch, when "some guy" is Suzaku:

(and a bit of rambling in the tags😅)

#Also their flight to Pandragon would've taken at least like 6 hours #Given the distance between Kaminejima and Pendragon #and it's 6 hours if Lancelot is faster than a fighter jet #because the distance there is about 9k km and the cruise speed of a fj is like 800 to 1400 km/h #unless Lancelot can go supersonic and cross that distance in like 2-3 hours #Still #good luck spending all those hours in Lancelot's cockpit with it being as small as it is when you're both conscious and angry #suzalulu #code geass #suzaku kururugi #lelouch vi britannia #lelouch lamperouge #don't ask me why on earth i even went through the trouble of figuring that out #i wish i knew the answer myself #also yall still call spinzaku unrealistic when the real mystery is Lelouch being able to jump as high/far as he did #with Suzaku basically in his arms