Title

King Arthur, September 1874. A photograph of the torso and head in profile of a bearded and long-haired knight (William Warder) with helmet and chainmail gripping a sword. A photographic illustration to Alfred Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"; a series of narrative poems based on the legends of King Arthur.

Caption

King Arthur, September 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A74_433

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,6Mb (6,7Mb) / 12,8in x 16,5in / 3849 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people Romantic Era His Majesty Alfred Lord Lord Tennyson Heritage Art romance arts country monarch romantic British weapon weapons museum English color king royal photography dress armour war location Victorian century sword vintage helmet Britain sepia blade literature royalty swords concept isle of wight soft focus B&W romanticism warfare King Arthur Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art 19th century poem poetry black & white black and white B W romancing weaponry chain mail nineteenth century Arthurian artistic school chainmail melodrama Pre-Raphaelite sovereign TGN Idylls of the King portrait Alfred Lord Tennyson Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson Alfred Baron Tennyson Alfred Tennyson albumen photograph Julia Margaret Cameron artistic style Cameron Julia Margaret Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood