This painting is by John Collier, the English Pre-Raphaelite artist. It is of Lady Godiva, an eleventh century Anglo Saxon noblewoman. Legend says that she rode naked through the streets of Coventry as a protest against the heavy taxes imposed on the local populace by her husband, the local lord.
Friday, 15 May 2009
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