The Rose Knight

Category

Library Item

Item no

30835

Title

The Rose Knight

Description

Knight with red accessories on a horse with a lance. Text: 'Came first the glowing Rose in view... On fiery steed, -a sight to see'

Artist / maker

Crane, Walter

Date

1891

Size

20.0 x 17.5 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

The image of the Rose Knight on his rearing horse with his lance drawn is very much influenced by the Aesthetic movement with the ornate design of his armour and the use of flowers and ribbons on his horse. The armour and the horse's decorations are fantasies playing off of how a medieval knight would appear, using shapes and styles of the Aesthetic movement. The background is again a reflection of then current trends in wallpaper design.

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