The White Knight (Through the Looking Glass)

White Knight
Alice character
1871 illustration by John Tenniel
First appearance	Through the Looking-Glass
Created by	Lewis Carroll
Information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Knight
Nationality	Looking-Glass Land

The White Knight is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking-Glass. He represents the chess piece of the same name. As imagined in John Tenniel's illustrations for the Alice stories he has echoes of John Millais's Sir Isumbras at the Ford.

The White Knight saves Alice from his opponent, the Red Knight. He repeatedly falls off his horse and lands on his head, and tells Alice of his inventions, which consists of things such as a pudding with ingredients like blotting paper, an upside down container, and anklets to guard his horse against shark bites. He recites a poem of his own composition, 'A-Sitting on a Gate', (but the song's name is called 'Haddocks' Eyes') and he and Alice depart.