Illustration for the Book "Little Lord Fauntleroy"

A rectangular drawing in black ink. In the centre is a young man sitting in a chair. He is dressed in the traditional clothing of an English lord: a black frock coat with a puffy white collar and white stockings, a voluminous hairstyle, and long curly hair. The chair is richly decorated with carved legs in the shape of plant shoots, an oval backrest adorned with plant motifs, and finished with a coat of arms and handles featuring the heads of mythical animals on the ends. The chair stands on a floor resembling small cobblestones. Above the drawing is a semicircular caption in black ink: "Frances Burnett". Below the drawing: "Little Lord". The work is enclosed in a black rectangular frame. "Little Lord" ("Little Lord Fauntleroy") is the first novel for children written by Anglo-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, which quickly became famous and has remained one of the favourite books of children for decades. Alfred Żmuda created about a dozen illustrations and several cover designs for the book, which was published in 1923 in Lviv by Mykhailo Taran and translated by Varvara Litynska.

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery