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Knight in Armor Holding a Lance
Accoutring a Warrior
Knight in Armor Holding a Lance
John Gilbert (English, 1817–1897)
1850–1900
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.5 x 19.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession Number01.6227
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA watercolors 73-4
DescriptionIn steel amor, damascened with gold, and crimson cloak, standing by his horse, which has crimson, green, and yellow trappings; a page in green, with blue cloak, red cap, fastens a spur on the foot resting on a helmet; another, in yellow, holds sword and shield; the armed men, horses, and banners in background are touched in with blue, yellow, brown, crimson, and purple; blue sky.
InscriptionsLower right: almost illegible, may have read "Bonington"
ProvenanceColl.: Gardner Brewer, Boston; Bequest of his daughter Mrs. Arthur Croft; July 1901