Sir Launcelot Climbs to Catch the Lady's Falcon
Date1905
Artist
Howard Pyle
(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)
sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (31.8 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-103
On View
On viewClassificationsDRAWING
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.
