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Abbey's Boston Murals - The fifteen-panel mural for the Book Delivery Room at the new Boston Public Library. The subject is "The Quest for the Holy Grail."
Arthurian images - Medieval to 20th century artistic depictions.
Arthur's Tomb - Rossetti, Dante Gabriel - CGFA
The Beguiling of Merlin - Edward Burne-Jones: 1874, oil, Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Elaine's Funeral - George Wooliscroft and Louis Rhead, from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Idylls of the King: Vivien, Elaine, Enid, Guinevere." New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. Black and white.
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 - Watercolor by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
It Is Indeed the Cup - Evelyn Paul from: Claire de Lune and Other Troubadour Romances. London: G. G. Harrap and 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
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
Morte D'Arthur - Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870) (J. Thompson, engraver)from: Tennyson, Alfred. Poems by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. London: Edward Moxon, 1857.
The Tristan Stained Glass Windows - for Harden Grange. William Morris chose the subject, based upon Malory's Tristan retellings in Morte Darthur.
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.
The Wedding of Sir Tristram - 1862, stained glass designed by Burne-Jones for the music room at Harden Grange, Bingley. 144KB
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. (April 11, 1999)
Arthur's Vision of the Wheel of Fortune - Albert Herter (1871-1950) from: Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1899. (April 11, 1999) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
