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041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Hunt, William Holman
245 1 0 $a Oxford Union Society : the story of the painting of the pictures on the walls and the decorations on the ceiling of the Old Debating Hall (now the Library) in the years 1857-8-9; $c by W. Holman Hunt.
260 # # $a Oxford $b Oxford University Press $c 1906
300 # # $a 15 p., [12] leaves of plates : $b ill. ; $c 39 cm.
500 # # $a Introduction by C. J. Holmes
505 0 # $a List of plates: Education of Arthur by Merlin (Riviere) -- Arthur's wedding, with incident of the white hart (Riviere) -- Sir Lancelot's vision of the Sangrael (Rossetti) -- Sir Pelleas and the Lady Etarde (Prinsep) -- King Arthur receiving his sword excalibur (Pollen) -- King Arthur's first victory with the sword (Riviere) -- Sir Tristram and La Belle Yseult (Morris) -- The death of Merlin (Burne-Jones) -- Sir Gawaine and the three damsels at the fountain (Spencer Stanhope) -- The death of Arthur (Hughes) -- Roof (Morris) -- King Arthur and the knights at the round table (Munro).
520 2 # $a The Pre-Raphaelite murals in the old Library at the Oxford Union were painted between 1857 and 1859 by a team of young artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. The paintings depict scenes from the Arthurian legends.
562 # # $a "Of this edition, three hundred and twenty five copies have been printed, of which three hundred are for sale. This is copy number 201."
700 1 # $a Holmes, Charles John $e contributor