In the panel of The Rescue, Arthur Hughes reveals the knight’s intervention—a heroic figure astride a broad-chested steed, his arm protectively around the rescued child. A barefoot girl greets them with astonishment, perhaps a sister or guardian, her red tunic echoing the child’s garb. The knight’s chainmail glints beneath the highland sun, framed by blooming gorse and mountain ridges. Hughes weaves medieval romance and Victorian sentiment, capturing a triumphant moment of salvation. Chivalric duty, familial love, and natural splendor converge in a tableau that embodies courage fulfilled and innocence restored.