Olde England of Edmund Dulac: The American Weekly Illustrations

By Albert Seligman

In 1923, "Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist," as he was billed on the front covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Magazine, the Sunday supplement for the Hearst newspaper chain. they claimed fifty million subscribers and were carried in seventeen newspapers. The contract lasted nearly 30 years. From the 1920's onward, Dulac's income came primarily from his American Weekly illustrations. Dulac painted 106 watercolors from 1924-1951 for thirteen different series for The American Weekly, until his final 'Tales from the Arabian Nights' in 1951.

The two series featured here are 7 Tales from King Arthur's Court from 1940 and 8 Canterbury Tales from 1942, both produced during the Second World War. The format was different from the previous series, each illustration was in a square frame and accompanied by text from American author and educator John Erskine. Unfortunately, the stories are too long to reproduce here, but can be found in our other publications. The captions herein are summaries of the Erskine stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9564186838
• ISBN13: 9789564186832
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Dulacebooks
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"