Framed Mounted Lady Godiva Vintage Art Print Poster Antique John Collier Painting Pre Raphaelites Female Power Feminist Victorian Edwardian

CLASSIC
PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINITNG
FRAMED ART PRINT

"Lady Godiva", by John Collier, 1897.

John Maler Collier was an English painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style and one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation.

The 13th century legend of Lady Godiva became particularly popular during the Victorian Age, owing to the poem published by Lord Tennyson.

According to the legend, Lady Godiva, a wife of oppressive ruler Leofric, rode naked, covered only in her long hair, through the streets of Coventry to end the heavy taxation that starved the English village of Coventry. "Ride you naked thro’ the town, and I repeal it” said Leofric to his wife - so she did.
She rides through the completely empty streets of Coventry, its residents closing all the windows and staying indoors in display of gratitude and respect to the woman. A vision of absolute beauty, dreamlike, sensual, but angelic and pure at the same time, her delicate nakedness exudes pride and determination, a powerful symbol of protest and courage.

★ Reproduced from an archive image, respectfully and lovingly restored and enhanced digitally, to remove the non-artistic blemishes and colour fading ♡

★ Available as FRAMED or FRAMED + MOUNTED A3 print (29.7cm x 42cm)

Overall A3 frame size: 45cm x 32cm x 1.5cm (17.7"x 12.7" x 0.5").
Overall A2 frame size: 62cm x 45cm x 1.5cm (24.5"x 17.5" x 0.5").

★ Choose the frame size and colour from the drop-down menu.

★ Printed in England on a 350gsm Eucalyptus paper, made from eucalyptus pulp from sustainable sources. It is brilliant white and smooth and Eco printed with high pigment environmentally-friendly toners.

★ The frame moulding measures 20mm wide and 15mm deep. Classic style in white, black or rustic (wood) finish. Fitted with high-clarity plastic safety glass (perspex). Two hooks at the back: ready to hang in portrait or landscape orientation. White colour mount (ivory with larger rustic frame) - ivory colour mount available instead at no extra charge, just leave a note at the checkout ♡

UNFRAMED / PRINT ONLY LISTING ALSO AVAILABLE here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1045987033

(Interior images are shown for styling and illustrative purposes only, not to be used as a precise scale guide. There will be no watermarks on the actual print.)

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