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John Collier (1850 - 1934)

'Lady Godiva' 

This painting was painted in 1898 by John Collier the English Pre-Raphaelite artist. It depicts Lady Godiva, an eleventh century Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman. Legend says that she rode naked through the streets of Coventry (now a small city in central England) as a protest against the heavy taxes imposed on the local populace by her husband, the local Lord.

SOME MORE PAINTINGS BY THE SAME ARTIST 

Lilith

Lilith was said to be the wife that Adam had before Eve; she is a figure of terror, feared as a demon or vampire, and a night monster.