Player's Cigarettes "Famous Beauties" (series of 25 issued in 1937) #5 Queen Guinevere
The Wardrobe of Guinevere Pendragon is full of handmade gowns and corsets sewn by Gwen herself as she is a skilled seamstress. Her wardrobe extends with different styled outfits as her relationship with her husband Arthur grows from not understanding each other to their eventual marriage. Her status in society is also a factor in her changing wardrobe choices. As she became the Queen, she wore more expensive and intricate gowns. Examples of her hand-made dresses can be seen in the gallery below.
Guinevere by William de Leftwich Dodge (1910)
James Archer 1823-1904 Schotland
According to Hopkins, “[Arthur’s] queen, Guinevere, is more elusive, less written about [than Arthur and his knights], and yet has been for centuries a central character playing a critical role in the rise and fall of the Round Table” (6). He goes on by characterizing her as “a key figure in the life of Camelot, this remarkable woman is seen variably as scholar, seductress, warrior, and dignified gentle beauty by the countless artists and writers who have depicted her. Who, then, was Guinevere?” (10) The purpose of this essay is to answer this question by looking at different texts and novels referring to the Queen.
Guinevere is the Queen of Britain, wife of King Arthur, and lover of Sir Lancelot in the Arthurian Legends best known in their standardized form from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (1469 CE...
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