Two Knights Do Battle before Cameliard
Date1903
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Story of King Arthur and His Knights," by Howard Pyle, in St. Nicholas, March 1903.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903).
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 1/16 × 6 1/16 in. (23 × 15.4 cm)
sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (36 × 25.6 cm)
sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (36 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-68
On View
On viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCameliard is a variation on the name of Camelot, the castle of King Arthur. The turreted castle buildings resemble ones that Pyle would have seen in reproductions of medieval prints.
