Fortune’s Favourite

Richard Doyle

Wood engraving by the Dalziels

4½ x 3¼ inches

Anthony Montalba, Fairy Tales from All Nations, facing 250.

Doyle’s talent for the grotesque is well displayed in this encounter between Pista and the dragon.

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