Sir Kay and the Forest Madman and decorated initial S with title
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 illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 1/8 × 6 3/16 in. (23.2 × 15.7 cm)
sheet: 12 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (31.6 × 24 cm)
sheet: 12 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (31.6 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-105
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe onlookers seem to know Sir Kay's reputation as knightly but often incompetent in action, as they watch his battle with a giant.
