White Knight (Through the Looking-Glass)

White Knight
Alice character

1871 illustration by John Tenniel
First appearance Through the Looking-Glass
Created by Lewis Carroll
Information
Species Human
Gender Male
Occupation Knight
Nationality Looking-Glass Land

The White Knight is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking-Glass. He represents the chess piece of the same name. As imagined in John Tenniel's illustrations for the Alice stories he has echoes of John Millais's Sir Isumbras at the Ford.[1]

Storyline

The White Knight saves Alice from his opponent, the Red Knight. He repeatedly falls off his horse and lands on his head, and tells Alice of his inventions, which consists of things such as a pudding with ingredients like blotting paper, an upside down container, and anklets to guard his horse against shark bites. He recites a poem of his own composition, 'A-Sitting on a Gate', (but the song's name is called 'Haddocks' Eyes') and he and Alice depart.

Film incarnations

References

  1. ↑ Tom Lubbock, Great Works, The Independent, 17 April 2009


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