Fig. 4. Dunlap, Hope. “By-and-by a few stars came out, first two or three, and then quantities!” Project Gutenberg, 1909, p. 56. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45975/pg45975-images.html.
Prince Dolor is shown sitting in his enchanted travelling cloak under a starry sky, staring fascinated at a crescent moon in Hope Dunlap's picture. Soft, dreamy brushstrokes and a subtle colour scheme that inspire amazement and peacefulness characterize the artist's work. Circular features like the crescent moon, the boy's head, and the cloak's bend are used in the illustration to emphasize the cloak's mystical safety in the open sky and to convey a sense of security and stability. The calming use of blue and green tones and backdrop stars emphasize the passage's calm and relaxed tone while also enhancing the sense of calmness and meditation. The vertical lines used are delicately expressed in the boy’s position that align with the arch of the moon, demonstrating a connection amongst the earth and sky that holds the prince in his isolated yet magnificent moment. The text and the visual picture work well together. The painting vividly portrays this sense of vulnerable amazement, even as the paragraph explains the emotional significance of the starry sky and the soft breeze that caresses Prince Dolor like his godmother's kisses. The reader's comprehension of Prince Dolor's emotional shift from loneliness to wonder is improved by the collaboration of image and words. The illustration also serves as a metaphorical boundary in his journey by graphically highlighting the transitional quality of this moment of him floating between the ground and sky, alone and in awe. Even though Prince Dolor grows up and becomes a wise and well-respected monarch at the conclusion of the story, this illustration depicts a crucial moment of being vulnerable and discovery. The ending is not shown; rather, it stops on the expressive beauty of his inner development, emphasizing the expressive depth that is enhanced by the combination of words and images.