Matilda Leaving the Convent to Accompany King Richard to Palestine.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

Date1840-1844

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/2 x 11 1/8in. (19.1 x 28.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 x 14 15/16in. (27.9 x 37.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionKing Richard, dressed in armor with a blue and gold tunic and a brown cape, holds a mail-gloved hand over the head of a young nun wearing white robes. A group of nuns in black are at the right. The woman at the right is probably the Mother Superior. The man at the left appears to be a bishop. Knights on horseback are in the left background. A stone church or castle with a pointed gothic arch is in the right background.

Object number1950.77.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "MATILDA LEAVING THE CONVENT TO ACCOMPANY KING RICHARD TO PALESTINE."

On verso, in purple ink at upper left, "754". In pencil: "Print / Box 6 / #18"; and at lower right, "CONSV. CPC 1987 / Dwr 2".

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