Arthurian Themes in Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian Art
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William Dyce, Piety: the departure of the Knights of the Round
Table on the Grail Quest, One of four murals for the robing room of
the House of Lords, 1848
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William Dyce, Religion: The Vision of Sir Galahad
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William Dyce, Mercy: Sir Gawain swearing to show mercy to all
women
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William Dyce, Hospitality: Sir Tristram admitted to the
Arthurian Round Table
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William Holman Hunt, The Lady of Shalott (in tower),
1886-1905
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William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott (in barge), 1888
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Merlin and Nimue (watercolour), Edward Burne-Jones
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The Beguiling of Merlin by Nimue, Edward Burne-Jones
(1875-77)
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Vivien, Frederick Sandys, 1863
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Morgan le Fay, Frederick Sandys, 1864
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Knights summoned by damsel to Grail Quest, tapestry cycle
designed by Burne-Jones, woven by William Morris and co. 1898-
99
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Arming and Departure of the Knights, tapestry cycle
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Lancelots dream at the Grail Chapel, Edward Burne-Jones
Slide 15
Arthurian murals in Library of Oxford Union, painted by Morris,
Burne-Jones, Rossetti, 1857-59
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The Failure of Sir Gawain, tapestry cycle
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Attainment of the Holy Grail, tapestry cycle
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Sir Galahad, G.F. Watts, 1862
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Sir Galahad, Arthur Hughes
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Sir Bors and Sir Percival fed by the Grail, Dante Gabriel
Rossetti
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A Damsel of the Grail, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Lancelot taken in the Queens Chamber, Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
sketch for Oxford Union Library, 1857
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Lancelot and Guinevere over King Arthurs Tomb (Morris poem),
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1854-55
Slide 24
The Last Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon, Edward Burne-Jones,
1881-98
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The Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon, Edward Burne-Jones