ILLUSTRATION FOR “PRINCE SIDDARTHA”

BY CECIL FRENCH

This full-colour tailpiece illustration is centered on the page, below the text, and is unframed. In it, the Buddha sits in lotus position, facing the viewer, eyes closed, atop a grey platform. He wears an elaborate golden headdress with a red jewel at its centre, with a halo of green leaves framing his head. He has a red urna on his forehead, and wears yellow robes and a colourful jewelled chest plate. His hands, folded in his lap, hold a blue lotus flower. The artist’s initials, C.F., appear in the bottom right of the platform.

MLA citation:

French, Cecil. Illustration for “Prince Siddartha,” by Laurence Irving. The Green Sheaf, No. 4, 1903, p. 14. Green Sheaf Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022. https://1890s.ca/gsv4-french-buddha

magazine_images The Green Sheaf 4 Tailpiece illustration to “Prince Siddartha” Cecil French 1903 Hand-coloured image Tailpiece illustration Lotus Male Figure/ Man and Buddha Platform and Dais