Stitching the Standard Postcard — Edmund Blair Leighton, 1911

Painted in 1911, Stitching the Standard (98 × 44 cm) is one of Leighton's most archetypal Pre-Raphaelite compositions: a dark-haired medieval maiden on castle battlements, completing the embroidery on a heraldic standard in gold and black before a knight's departure. Provenance traces through Christie's London (1928), Phillips, Sotheby's Belgravia, to Sotheby's 2011 — private collection throughout. This art postcard at 10×15 cm, 350 g/m² glossy, captures a painting of chivalric patience and quiet devotion. Part of the Edmund Blair Leighton collection.