This is the third and final proof for ‘King Arthur’ in which the artist presents his closing instructions – this time demanding a softening of the lights in the background. 115 x199 mm. This completed illustration was published as the second image for ‘The Palace of Art’ in Tennyson’s Poems (London: Moxon, 1857), 113.
Scanned image by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK. Reproduced under the terms of Creative Commons. Caption, text and formatting by Simon Cooke. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you acknowledge the Fitzwilliam Museum as the source of the image. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
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Created 7 August 2025