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Lancelot and Elaine.
Title
Lancelot and Elaine.
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Date
1860?
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1 drawing
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StillImage
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eng
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Collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. (Privately held)
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Collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. (Privately held)
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Collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. (Privately held)
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Collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. (Privately held)
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Drawings
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Collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. (Privately held)
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electronic
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William Purton (British, 1833-1891). Lancelot and Elaine. A pen-and-ink drawing, signed in pencil, with Purton's monogram to the lower right, and illustrating the lines “Suddenly flashed on her a wild desire, that he should wear her favour at the tilt.”
Raised in an artistic environment, Purton was an ordained deacon, curate, and vicar. Although his drawings for The Idylls of the King were never published, they suggest the preoccupation of artists, both amateur and professional, in his day with Tennyson. It is likely that this was one of a series of drawings for a contest sponsored by the Art Union of London in 1860 to illustrate the Idylls.
Raised in an artistic environment, Purton was an ordained deacon, curate, and vicar. Although his drawings for The Idylls of the King were never published, they suggest the preoccupation of artists, both amateur and professional, in his day with Tennyson. It is likely that this was one of a series of drawings for a contest sponsored by the Art Union of London in 1860 to illustrate the Idylls.
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William Purton , “Lancelot and Elaine.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed April 9, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/8587.