The Mad Man of the Forest who was Sir Launcelot
Date1907
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationThe Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions, by Howard Pyle (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 9 1/2 × 6 5/8 in. (24.1 × 16.8 cm)
sheet: 11 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (28.1 × 20.2 cm)
sheet: 11 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (28.1 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund and Partial Gift of Ann Logan, 2000
Object number2000-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn the Arthurian legends, Launcelot loses his sanity, spending time in the woods unkempt and delusional.
