The scene in the church after Manfred has stabbed his daughter Mathilda. She lies on a cot as Theodore holds her head in his hands; a monk with a crucifix in his hand also attends her. Behind the monk, Manfred with arms crossed against his chest look...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Homicides, Monks, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Matilda and Theodore shown at center talking in a church, one on either side of the statue marking the tomb of Alphonso; Theodore wears full armor and Matilda wears ...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Interiors, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Homicides
