Sir Mador de la Porte
Date1910
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationThe Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur, by Howard Pyle (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910)
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 × 6 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.9 cm)
sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1920
Object number1920-52
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe ominous appearance of Sir Mador de la Porte is a reminder of his dangerous assertion that Arthur's Queen, Guinevere, tried to poison knights of the Round Table.
