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According to legend, in the winter of 1142, Princess Matilda (also known as Empress Maud), the daughter of King Henry I and sole legitimate heir to the English throne, had been besieged in Oxford Castle by her French-born cousin, who believed that a woman could not rule. Fleeing one December night across the frozen River Thames, the Empress escaped undetected against the snow and ice by wearing only her white nightdress. Following her cousin’s death in 1154 the crown passed to Matilda’s eldest son, who became King Henry II, the first of the Plantagenet kings to rule England.","remarks":"K5-6_May2013.pdf"}],"media":[{"id":2757,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/x1993-94_GS","isprimary":0,"rank":10,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":78943,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV09755","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"<P><EM>Old master drawings from the Woodner collection: the property of Dian and Andrea Woodner, the Ian Woodner family collection and the Shipley Corporation; Tuesday, 7 July 1992</EM>,&nbsp;(London: Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, 1992). </P>","citation":"<P><EM>Old master drawings from the Woodner collection: the property of Dian and Andrea Woodner, the Ian Woodner family collection and the Shipley Corporation; Tuesday, 7 July 1992</EM>,&nbsp;(London: Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, 1992). </P>","date":1992,"id":5714,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/171299693"},{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1993\", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 53, no.&nbsp;1 (1994): p. 46-95.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1993\", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 53, no.&nbsp;1 (1994): p. 46-95., pp. 57–58 (illus.)","date":1994,"id":3065,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774684"}],"exhibitions":[],"geography":[],"terms":[{"id":2088280,"term":"women","aatid":300025943,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2051964,"term":"drawings","aatid":300033973,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2055657,"term":"figures (representations)","aatid":300189808,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2088735,"term":"soldiers","aatid":300185678,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2129929,"term":"shields (armor)","aatid":300036869,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2031586,"term":"British","aatid":300111159,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2168009,"term":"wash","aatid":300011051,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2162861,"term":"graphite","aatid":300011098,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2044331,"term":"laid paper","aatid":300014184,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2167672,"term":"ink","aatid":300015012,"termtype":"Materials"}],"classifications":[{"id":2051964,"classification":"drawings"}],"cultures":[],"cultureterms":[{"id":2031586,"culture":"British"}],"periods":[],"periodterms":[],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Overall","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"48.00"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"38.30"}],"packages":[{"packageid":182970,"name":"P&D_Drawings_Watercolors"},{"packageid":207234,"name":"SAB_Gala2021"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV09755"],"displaymaker":"John Flaxman, 1755–1826; born York, England; died London, England","displayculture":null,"displayperiod":null,"caption":"John Flaxman (1755–1826; born York, England; died London, England), The Escape of Queen Matilda (Maud) from Oxford Castle, ca. 1784. 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