"King Padella taken prisoner, in Chapter XVII" —Richard Doyle's eighth illustration for W. M. Thackeray's "The Rose and The Ring" (1898)

King Padella taken prisoner

Richard Doyle

1898

Wood-engraving

7.8 cm high x 8.1 cm wide (3 ⅜ by 3 ⅛ inches), vignetted

Eighth illustration for W. M. Thackeray's The Rose and The Ring (first published 1855): Chapter XVII: "How A Tremendous Battle Took Place, and Who Won It," p. 327. Descriptive headline: "Stabbing, Slashing, Axing, Lancing" (327).

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Passage Illustrated: Giglio's Aide-de-camp menaces the prisoner

"Do you yield yourself a prisoner, Padella?" says he.

"Of course I do," says Padella.

"Do you acknowledge Rosalba as your rightful Queen, and give up the crown and all your treasures to your rightful mistress?"

"If I must, I must," says Padella, who was naturally very sulky.

By this time King Giglio’s aides-de-camp had come up, whom His Majesty ordered to bind the prisoner. And they tied his hands behind him, and bound his legs tight under his horse, having set him with his face to the tail; and in this fashion he was led back to King Giglio’s quarters, and thrust into the very dungeon where young Bulbo had been confined. [Chapter XVII, How A Tremendous Battle Took Place, and Who Won It," 327]

Commentary

Doyle inserts his own illustration of King Padella for Chapter XVII to complement the full-page Thackeray drawing The Terrible Combat Between King Giglio and King Padella, in which the terrified look on Padella's face foreshadows the outcome.

Related Illustrations by W. M. Thackeray (1855)

Bibliography

Thackeray, W. M. The Christmas Books of M. A. Titmarsh. With illustrations by Richard Doyle and Thackeray. London: Smith. Elder, 1898.

Created 9 August 2022