Title

'The Eve of St Agnes', 1848. Artist: William Holman Hunt

Caption

'The Eve of St Agnes'; or 'The Flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the Drunkeness attending the Revelry', 1848. A man and a woman prepare to leave a room where men lie drunk on the floor, and others can be seen through the arches on the left. Two dogs are seen at left. The subject is taken from Keats' poem of the same title.

Date

1848

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A93_088

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,5Mb) / 16,9in x 11,5in / 5056 x 3461 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal female women woman people male man men religious religion dog escape guy color colour Christianity century drunk revelry lady concept mythology drunkenness 19th century nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery artistic school Madeline mythical figure Porphyro Pre-Raphaelite St Agnes Eve oil John Pre Raphaelite The Eve of St Agnes William Holman Hunt Holman Hunt John Keats Keats Hunt William Holman Hunt Holman