She was lying back, watching him, in the great chair

Date1906

Artist Elizabeth Shippen Green (American painter and illustrator, 1871–1954)

Illustration Citation"Tiphaine la Fee," by Warwick Deeping, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, April 1906.

MediumWatercolor on illustration board

Dimensions23 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (59.1 × 35.9 cm)
frame: 31 3/4 × 24 in. (80.6 × 61 cm)

Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935

Object number1935-47

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ClassificationsDRAWING

Label TextIn a story set in medieval France, Tiphaine is held captive by her family, who accuse her of being a sorcerer. Green's composition dramatizes her knightly rescuer's first sight of the startled and wary Tiphaine as he breaks into the family castle.

A fashion illustrator for The Ladies' Home Journal when she joined Howard Pyle's illustration classes in 1894, Elizabeth Shippen Green accepted an exclusive contract with Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1901. Harper's was at the forefront of high-quality color reproduction. The artist's intense blues and reds, set against the subtle color of the floor and wall, complement the delicate drawing of Tiphaine's curls and the chair's scrollwork.