Surf these sites: Abbey''s Boston Murals -- "The year after Twain''s "Connecticut Yankee" came out, Edwin Austin Abbey, an American expatriate painter, was commissioned to create a fifteen-panel mural for the Book Delivery Room at the new Boston Public Library. The subject he chose was "The Quest for the Holy Grail." Arthur Receives Excalibur -- Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870) (J. Thompson engraver)(Illustration to "Morte D''Arthur") from: Tennyson, Alfred. Poems by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. London: Edward Moxon, 1857. Arthur''s Tomb -- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel - CGFA Arthur''s Vision of the Wheel of Fortune -- Albert Herter (1871-1950) from :Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1899. Arthurian images -- The Arthurian legends have been an inspiration to artists for centuries. These pages try to show some of the variety of interpretations, in images rather than words. Elaine''s Funeral -- George Wooliscroft & Louis Rhead, from Alfred, Lord Tennyson''s "Idylls of the King: Vivien, Elaine, Enid, Guinevere." New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. Black and white. Excalibur -- N. C. Wyeth. Arthur approaches the sword in the Lake of Avalon. How Arthur Gat His Sword Excalibur -- Kappes, Alfred (1850-1894) from Lanier, Sidney. The Boy''s King Arthur. New York:Charles Scribner''s Sons, 1880. Arthur reaches eagerly for the sword in the Lake of Avalon. Black and white. How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival were Fed with the Sanc Grael; But Sir Percival''s Sister Died by the Way -- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel - CGFA It Is Indeed the Cup -- Evelyn Paul from: Claire de Lune and Other Troubadour Romances. London: G. G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1913. King Arthur -- Edward Burne-Jones: The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (detail)1881-98. 98KB La Belle Dame Sans Merci -- J. W. Waterhouse: c.1893, Hessisches Landesmuseum at Darmstadt, Germany. 107KB Morte D''Arthur -- Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870) (J. Thompson, engraver)from: Tennyson, Alfred. Poems by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. London: Edward Moxon, 1857. Morte d''Arthur -- Carrick The Arthurian Legend in Visual Context -- "What I have done with this website is created a gallery of visual images that I felt really made me feel I was part of the legend I was reading and brought the Athurian legend to life for me." The Beguiling of Merlin -- Edward Burne-Jones: 1874, oil, Lady Lever Art Gallery. The Death of King Arthur -- James Archer''s richly colored painting of Arthur''s death by the shores of Avalon with three queens in attendance. The Lady of Shallot -- John William Waterhouse: c.1888, Tate Gallery at London. 166KB The Lady of Shallot -- J. W. Waterhouse: c.1894, oil on canvas, City Art Gallery at Leeds. 95KB The Lady of Shalott -- Hunt, William Holman - 1889-92 - CGFA - 179KB The Tristan Stained Glass Windows -- for Harden Grange. William Morris chose the subject, based upon Malory''s Tristan retellings in Morte Darthur. The Wedding of Sir Tristram -- 1862, stained glass designed by Burne-Jones for the music room at Harden Grange, Bingley. 144KB Tristram and Isolde -- J. W. Waterhouse: c.1916, oil on canvas. 125KB Vivien and Merlin -- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) from: Illustrations to Tennyson''s "Idylls of the King" and Other Poems. London: Henry S. King and Company, 1875.
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