Sir Launcelot Climbs to Catch the Lady's Falcon

Sir Launcelot Climbs to Catch the Lady's Falcon
Sir Launcelot Climbs to Catch the Lady's Falcon

Sir Launcelot Climbs to Catch the Lady's Falcon

Date1905
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationThe Story of the Champions of the Round Table, by Howard Pyle (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905)
MediumInk on Bristol board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.2 × 15.6 cm)
sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (31.8 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-103
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn one of Launcelot's series of chivalric trials, he removes his armor to rescue a lady's falcon from a tree. When the lady’s husband appears and attempts to murder him, Launcelot attacks his would-be assassin with a broken-off branch.