The Knight and His Companion
Tenniel's drawing for a related wood engraving published in the periodical "Punch" on March 5, 1887 uses the imagery of Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil" to comment on contemporary debates about socialism, elections and majority rule.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1966
1887
Graphite
28.6 x 19.4cm
66.618.13(1)
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