Arthur Hacker Prints – Arthurian Figures & Shipboard Space
Arthur Hacker prints place human figures within markedly different settings: a richly described woodland encounter and an open ship’s deck. Fabric, equipment and surrounding lines help establish each scene’s scale. Explore these subjects alongside figurative art, legendary narratives and maritime prints, comparing close storytelling with a more extensive shared space.
Two figures gathered around a small vessel
Percival with the Grail Cup places the armoured sitter beside a pale-clothed companion within dense plants and flowers. A sword rises near the body, while the held cup concentrates attention between the hands. The finely differentiated surfaces make metal, skin, cloth and foliage part of the same intimate legendary setting.
A long deck beneath masts and rigging
The Deck of the S.S. Veronese looks along the timber surface past seated figures, equipment and large pale structural forms. Repeated ropes and angled spars divide the sky above. The more open viewpoint gives people a smaller role within the ship’s shared space, contrasting with the close, elaborately planted foreground of the Percival scene.
Related artists and collections
Compare legendary encounters in Edmund Blair Leighton, draped figures in Frederic Leighton and shipboard gatherings in Julius LeBlanc Stewart. Further mythological art follows the narrative subject, while boat prints extends the deck, equipment and open maritime setting.
Read more in our Edmund Blair Leighton guide to historical encounters.