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"The Knight before the Battle. The armour had been sent home late, and it wouldn't fit"

John Gilbert (English, 1817–1897)
Cut by: Joseph Swain (English, 1820–1909)
1881, published 1882

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; India proof
Dimensions Block: 16.5 x 23.2 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); Sheet: 23.5 x 33.6 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.2137
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Signed
InscriptionsJG 1881, lower left. SWAIN Sc, lower rt.
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.