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Henry Justice Ford

English, 1860–1941
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Henry Justice Ford was a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s. Sometimes known as H. J. Ford or Henry J. Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous beautiful illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, which captured the imagination of a generation of British children and were sold worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s.

After education at Repton School and Clare College, Cambridge - where he gained a first class in the Classical Tripos in 1882 - Ford returned to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art and later, at the Bushey School of Art, under the German-born Hubert von Herkomer.

In 1892, Ford began exhibiting paintings of historical subjects and landscapes at the Royal Academy of Art exhibitions. However it was his illustrations for such books as The Arabian Nights Entertainments (Longmans 1898), Kenilworth (TC & EC Jack 1900), and A School History of England by C. R. L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling (Clarendon Press 1911) that provided Ford with both income and fame.

His parents were Katherine Mary Justice and William Augustus Ford; his paternal grandfather was George Samuel Ford, a well known bill discounter. His father (a solicitor by profession) and many of his family were cricketers. His father wrote a number of articles and books on the subject, and Ford's brother, Francis Ford (1866-1940), played for England in an Ashes series in Australia.

At the age of 61, Ford surprised his friends by marrying a woman some thirty-five years younger. She was Emily Amelia Hoff (née Rose), a widow whose first husband had been killed in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915. Following the marriage in Kensington Register Office in February 1921, Henry and Emily Ford settled down in Bedford Gardens, Kensington for several years and, in 1927, the couple adopted a child, June Mary Magdelene Ford. The seated model in Henry Justice Ford's painting 'Remembering Happier Things', now in the collection of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth, bears a strong resemblance to Ford's wife, Emily.

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The Witches laughing

The Witches laughing (1906)

Henry Justice Ford (English, 1860–1941)
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The Woodcutter in the Tontlawald

The Woodcutter in the Tontlawald (1906)

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Under the Golden Apple Tree

Under the Golden Apple Tree (1906)

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The Nunda, Eater of people

The Nunda, Eater of people (1906)

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Virgilius and the Evii Spirit

Virgilius and the Evii Spirit (1906)

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Virgilius the Sorcerer carries away the Princess of Babylon

Virgilius the Sorcerer carries away the Princess of Babylon (1906)

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What the Young Man saw in the Wood

What the Young Man saw in the Wood (1906)

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Your Heart is heavy with two Sorrows

Your Heart is heavy with two Sorrows (1906)

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How Jose found the princess Bella Flor

How Jose found the princess Bella Flor (1906)

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How Owen was found by the lake

How Owen was found by the lake (1910)

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How the King found the girl playing ball in the orchard

How the King found the girl playing ball in the orchard (1910)

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Listen listen said the mermaid to the prince

Listen listen said the mermaid to the prince (1904)

Henry Justice Ford (English, 1860–1941)
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Morning-Glory the fairy of the Dawn

Morning-Glory the fairy of the Dawn (1901)

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Peronnik in the Vale of pleasure

Peronnik in the Vale of pleasure (1901)

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Prince Almas transformed

Prince Almas transformed (1904)

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Queen of the Snakes give me back my husband

Queen of the Snakes give me back my husband (1907)

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She lived happily in her nest standing at the edge in the sunset looking upon the beautiful world

She lived happily in her nest standing at the edge in the sunset looking upon the beautiful world (1903)

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The ascent of the Crystal Tower

The ascent of the Crystal Tower (1907)

Henry Justice Ford (English, 1860–1941)
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The crown returns to the queen of the fishes

The crown returns to the queen of the fishes (1906)

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The emperor meets the Three Sisters

The emperor meets the Three Sisters (1901)

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The girl with the wooden helmet

The girl with the wooden helmet (1901)

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The princess and the snake

The princess and the snake (1904)

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The princess imprisoned in the summerhouse

The princess imprisoned in the summerhouse (1906)

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The queen & the crab

The queen & the crab (1906)

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The Sea-lady allures Maurice into the sea

The Sea-lady allures Maurice into the sea (1910)

Henry Justice Ford (English, 1860–1941)
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The Whirlwind seizes the wreath

The Whirlwind seizes the wreath (1901)

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‘You will have to make me your wife’ said the Eld-maiden

‘You will have to make me your wife’ said the Eld-maiden (1904)

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Antonio is not afraid of the Ogre

Antonio is not afraid of the Ogre (1905)

Henry Justice Ford (English, 1860–1941)
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Bensurdatu attacks the Seven-headed Serpent

Bensurdatu attacks the Seven-headed Serpent (1905)

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Cannetella comes out of the Cask

Cannetella comes out of the Cask (1905)

Henry Justice Ford (English, 1860–1941)
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