This illustration depicts the start of the literal battle between the sexes at the end of Act II. The titular Princess Ida has imprisoned Prince Hilarion (who had snuck into her women's college, disguised as a female), and his father sends soldiers to batter down the gate in order to rescue him.
William Russell Flint; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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