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WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT. "They went into their country of Benoye, and lived there in great joy." Watercolor on paper. 215 x 290 mm, 8 1/2x11 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower left image. Illustration facing page 64 in Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur," Vol III, Book X, Chapter XXXIX, London: Philip Lee Warner for The Medici Society, 1910-1911. Archivally matted and framed, accompanied by portion of original dust cover with Flint's signature and description of illustration.
This romantic scene shows Alisander and his rescuer and wife, Alice the Beautiful Pilgrim, with a handmaiden playing a dulcimer. Le Morte d'Arthur was Flint's most acclaimed work of illustration and his personal favorite of the classics he illustrated for the Medici Society and Riccardi Press. The lavish 4-volume set was reprinted numerous times in various formats and remains the most popular illustrated edition of Malory's works.
