Arthurian Themes in Pre-Raphaelite and
Victorian Art
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
William Dyce, Religion: The Vision of Sir Galahad
William Dyce, Mercy:
Sir Gawain swearing to
show mercy to all
women
William Dyce, Hospitality: Sir Tristram admitted to the Arthurian Round Table
William Holman Hunt,
The Lady of Shalott (in
tower), 1886-1905
William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott (in barge), 1888
Merlin and Nimue
(watercolour), Edward
Burne-Jones
The Beguiling of Merlin by
Nimue, Edward Burne-Jones
(1875-77)
Vivien, Frederick
Sandys, 1863
Morgan le Fay, Frederick
Sandys, 1864
Knights summoned by damsel to Grail Quest, tapestry cycle
designed by Burne-Jones, woven by William Morris and co. 189899
Arming and Departure of the Knights, tapestry cycle
Lancelot’s dream at the Grail Chapel, Edward Burne-Jones
Arthurian murals in
Library of Oxford
Union, painted by
Morris, Burne-Jones,
Rossetti, 1857-59
The Failure of Sir Gawain, tapestry cycle
Attainment of the Holy Grail, tapestry cycle
Sir Galahad, G.F. Watts,
1862
Sir Galahad, Arthur Hughes
Sir Bors and Sir Percival fed by the Grail, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
A Damsel of the Grail,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Lancelot taken in the Queen’s Chamber, Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, sketch for Oxford Union Library, 1857
Lancelot and Guinevere over King Arthur’s Tomb (Morris
poem), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1854-55
The Last Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon, Edward Burne-Jones,
1881-98
The Sleep of King
Arthur in Avalon,
Edward Burne-Jones
The Death of Arthur, James Archer, 1860