Study for How a Devil in Woman's Likeness Would Have Tempted Sir Bors
A pen and ink study in black on cream paper, split into two framed scenes with ornamental arabesque borders. At left, a cloaked knight stands in a flowering meadow beneath a tall tree; at right, a line of elaborately coiffed women leans over a crenellated tower wall while a sinuous figure reaches out below.
- Artist
- Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, with brush and black wash, over graphite, on tan wove paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1146 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1893).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of James Deering
