The Enchanted Forest

John Gilbert 1817 - 1897

Summary

Forest glade with an armoured figure on horse back (black horse) and an armoured companion on a brown horse. both figures hold lances. Small nude infants hang off a branch overhead, and a wonged female stands to the left with a flying nude infant at her side. A male figure sits on the left with his right hand raised and on the right a group of figures seen from the side have their faces turned back towards the figures on horseback. A small figure wearing a red hat and beating a drum stands to the right of the scene and facing to the right. The uniformed figures stare to the right in the direction pointed out by a winged figure. A figure on the left holds a tattered red flag.