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OriginalStitching the Standard by British artist Edmund Leighton, 1911. The painting shows a nameless damsel on the battlements of a medieval castle finishing a standard or pennant with a black eagle on a gold background. In a time of peace the woman has taken her needlework into the daylight away from the bustle of the castle.
Reason
One of the less known paintings. Digitized by Sotheby's before disappearance in another private collection.
Articles in which this image appears
Stitching the Standard, Edmund Leighton, Chivalry
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Edmund Leighton
Holy Roman Empire, 1400
That comment is right out of a chronosynclastic infundibulum. Sca (talk) 14:45, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Is it? I thought yet it was Mary Poppins Hafspajen (talk) 17:02, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You obviously haven't studied medieval history. Sca (talk) 01:30, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Who, me? Hafspajen (talk) 14:52, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Leighton-Stitching the Standard.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:27, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]