"Ta-Khai and the Bird Feng" published May 15,1932 in the American Weekly Sunday magazine painted by Edmund Dulac for "Fairyland Lovers". Ta-Khai, Prince of Tartary, dreamt one night of a beautiful Princess. Upon waking, he painted her portrait; then wandered everywhere showing it and asking all he met whether they knew her. None did. Despairing, he was about to kill himself. The Bird Feng, a marvelous creature of magical powers and a feathered perfect lady as well, appeared to him and asked him what was the matter. He showed her the portrait. She recognized it as that of the Princess of China.
In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,” as he was billed on the covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Sunday magazine. The contract lasted 30 years and Dulac painted 107 watercolors for thirteen different series until his last Arabian Nights in 1951.
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