Rivalry, from "Illustrated Times"

Rivalry, from "Illustrated Times"

Henry Linton

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This medieval genre subject shows a young man restrained from attacking a mature rival who woos two ladies with flowers and music. Linton’s engraving reproduces a painting that William Cave Thomas exhibited at the Manchester Institution in 1857, and the print appeared in the "Illustrated Times" accompanied by a long critical review.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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