Title

'The Knight Errant', 1870, (c1902). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Knight Errant', 1870, (c1902). After a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Victorian imagining of a medieval scene where a knight rescues a maiden in distress. The woman was originally facing the knight establishing eye contact, but after poor reviews of the picture Millais re-worked it to show the woman turning modestly away. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1902

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D48_124

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,6Mb (5,1Mb) / 11,6in x 16,0in / 3466 x 4800 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male man men cutting naked nude guy British weapon weapons color colour distress armour war Victorian century sword maiden Britain rescue knight swords lady concept rescuer modest modesty distressed rescuing nudity tied up warfare nakedness 19th century suit of armour weaponry 1900s 20th century nineteenth century The Print Collector artistic school Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais Unknown artistic style Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Millais John Everett Sir John Everett Millais John Everett Millais RA