Winifred Knights was not just a gifted painter, she began her artistic career illustrating her own imaginative visions of fairy tales and legends. "In 1913, Knights entered a poster competition organised by Peek Frean’s Biscuits. For her chosen subject, an illustration to Christina Rossetti’s 'Goblin Market' (1859) she won a Winsor & Newton paint box that she would use all her life ... Knights portrayed Rossetti’s heroine Lizzie as strong and composed in the face of impending danger. That Knights created at least 5 versions of Goblin Market between 1913 and 1916, one of which achieved an award from the Royal Drawing Society, indicates that the poem held a special significance for her; its themes of female independence, strength and courage and sisterly love, as well as Rossetti’s gender as a female poet, undoubtedly resonated with her own ideals." UCL Art Museum, University College London, 4966. © The Estate of Winifred Knights. (http://www.imgrum.net/media/1320252969538903526_223860201)