Spide a Mighty Giauntesse

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A woman rides away with a prisoner thrown across the neck of her horse, as a knight charges at her

He spide far off a mighty giauntesse,
Fast flying on a courser dapled gray,
From a bold knight, that with great hardinesse.
Her hard pursewd, and sought for to suppresse.

Artist

Name:: Crane, Walter
Dates:: 1845-1915
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subjects:: Narratives, Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Spenser's Faerie queene, vol. 3
Author:: Spenser, Edmund
Publisher:: London: George Allen, 1895
Open Library:: View record

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A woman wearing a pelt and carrying a mace rides away with a prisoner thrown across the neck of her horse, as a knight charges at her with a lance.

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