The tragic love story of Tristan and Isolde has been told and retold through various stories and manuscripts. It takes place during medieval times during the reign of King Arthur.

Isolde of Ireland, also known as Isolt, Isold, Iseult, or Ysolde, was the daughter of Angwish, King of Ireland. She was betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. King Mark sent his nephew, Tristan, to Ireland to escort Isolde back to Cornwall.

Tristan (Tristram) whose name means "sorrow", given to him because of the loss of his mother at his birth, was a noble knight.

Before leaving Ireland, Isolde's mother gave a love potion to Isolde's handmaiden, Brangraine, with strict instructions to keep it safe until they reached Cornwall. It was then to be given to Isolde on her wedding night. Sometime during the voyage, Isolde and Tristan drank the potion by accident and fell forever in love.

Isolde did marry Mark of Cornwall, but could not help but love Tristan. The love affair continued after the marriage. When King Mark finally learned of the affair, he forgave Isolde, but Tristan was banned from Cornwall. Tristan moved to King Arthur's court and later went to Brittany. There he met Iseult of Brittany (also known as Iseult of White Hands). He was attracted to her because of the similarity of her name to his true love. He married her, but did not consummate the marriage because of his love for the "true" Isolde. After falling ill, he sent for Isolde in hopes that she would be able to cure him. If she agreed to come, the returning ship's sails would be white, or the sails would be black if she did not agree. Iseult, seeing the white sails, lied to Tristan and told him that the sails were black. He died of grief before Isolde could reach him. Isolde died soon after of a broken heart. Iseult regretted her actions after she saw the love that the two had for each other. -

tristramisolde-imagesm-grafxquest.png
File Size:	1624 kb
File Type:	png

Download File

---

Painting of Tristan and Isolde by JW Wagerhouse 1915.

The file can be accessed by right clicking on it. Choose: Open link in a new tab, then left click on the image. This will enlarge it. Then right click on the enlarged image and choose: Save image as. Then just save where you want

Enjoy!

This is another illustration by: Joseph Clayton Clarke (1857 – 8 August 1937), who worked under the pseudonym 'Kyd', was a British artist best known for his illustrations of characters from the novels of Charles Dickens. In 1889 he married Agnes Roberts (born 1872, 15 years his junior) with whom he had 10 children.

To Download small image Right Click actual image and View Image.  Again right click and save image as.  To download full size click on download file, click to enlarge and right click to save image as. Please read TOU.

josephclaytonclark-image2-grafxquest.jpg
File Size:	336 kb
File Type:	jpg

Download File

---

Joseph Clayton Clarke (1857 – 8 August 1937), who worked under the pseudonym 'Kyd', was a British artist best known for his illustrations of characters from the novels of Charles Dickens. In 1889 he married Agnes Roberts (born 1872, 15 years his junior) with whom he proceeded to have 10 children. 

What I find very interesting about his style is that though many illustrations were very humorous and larger than life there is a certain amount of realism to them. I almost would like to say that maybe perhaps he  helped to influence Norman Rockwell.

If you were to make a Christmas scene project I thought that he would be wonderful in front of an arm chair and fire place looking out his window at Carolers.

To Download small image Right Click actual image and View Image.  Again right click and save image as.  To download full size click on download file, click to enlarge and right click to save image as. Please read TOU.

Italo Campanini (June 30, 1845 – November 14, 1896) was a leading Italian operatic tenor, whose career reached its height in London in the 1870s and in New York in the 1880s and 1890s.

This trade card was created for the Singer sewing machine company which did a feature dedicated to "Great Singers" and was meant to be a collectable. On the back of the trade card it mentioned if you wanted to see a really great Singer see Singer sewing machines. Something to that effect.  The card I have here is in pretty terrific condition. Enjoy in your collection.

To Download small image Right Click actual image and View Image.  Again right click and save image as.  To download full size click on download file, click to enlarge and right click to save image as. Please read TOU.

singercampaninitrade-image-grafxquest.png
File Size:	4343 kb
File Type:	png

Download File

---

From 1879 until the turn of the century Ada Rehan, born Ada Crehan, reigned as the foremost leading woman in North America, presiding over the stage of Augustin Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre in New York City. Performing over 300 roles during her career, Rehan proved equally adept as a comedienne and as a tragedienne, though the roles cast her more frequently in the former capacity than the latter.

Ada was Born on April 22, 1859 and lived till she was 56. She is dressed here as a witch for possibly a Shakespeare production.   She would look lovely on your Halloween projects!

To Download small image Right Click actual image and View Image.  Again right click and save image as.  To download full size click on download file, click to enlarge and right click to save image as. Please read TOU.

ada_rehanc1890-image-grafxquest.jpg
File Size:	87 kb
File Type:	jpg

Download File

---