This illustration is from Sir Walter Scott's 1817 novel Rob Roy. It's set in Scotland in the time period leading up to the Jacobite Uprising of 1715. In this scene, the novel's protagonist, Frank Obaldistone, confronts his cousin, the turncoat Rashleigh, and engages in a duel with him. Their fight is broken up by Rob Roy MacGregor.
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This is a scene from the 1956 musical comedy The Court Jester, which stars Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, and Basil Rathbone. The film has a medieval setting, and involves a Robin Hood-like band attempting to overthrow the evil king who has usurped the throne and replace him with the rightful king, an infant identified by a purple pimpernel-shaped birthmark on his posterior. Danny Kaye is a carnival worker/ minstrel who the band presses into service, masquerading as the new court jester. What they don't realize is that the actual jester whom they took out to replace with Kaye was also an assassin hired by Lord Ravenhurst (Rathbone). The plot is a bit convoluted to try to explain, and unfortunately the movie was a big flop when released. Time has been kind to The Court Jester though, and it is now much more widely appreciated. This particular scene is the most well-known from the film:
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