F - Fine Art and Graphic Design
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2017
Summary
F-1 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “The Infancy of Galahad” (or “The Child Galahad in the Arms of a Nun”) (Panel 1). Frieze panel. 6 x 8 ft. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902.
Reproduced (B&W) in Poulson, The Quest for the Grail, Fig. 27 (p. 132).
The panel depicts Galahad as a baby being shown the Grail by an angel (Baxter 63–64).
F-2 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “The Vigil of Galahad” (Panel 2) (or “The Oath of Knighthood”). Frieze panel. 6 x 8 ft. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902.
Depicts Galahad, Launcelot, and Bors at the ceremony to knight Galahad (Baxter 69).
F-3 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “Galahad and the Siege Perilous” (Panel 3) (or “Galahad's Arrival at Arthur's Court”). Frieze panel. 24 x 8 ft. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902.
Depicts Galahad's arrival to sit in the Siege Perilous at the Round Table (Baxter 73).
F-4 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “The Benediction upon the Quest” (Panel 4) (or “The Departure”). Frieze panel. 19 x 8 ft. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902. Depicts Galahad and other knights praying before leaving on the quest (Baxter 81–82).
F-5 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “The Castle of the Grail and the Failure of Galahad” (Panel 5) (or “Fisher King Looking at Blood-Stained Grail”). Frieze panel. 33 x 8 ft. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902.
This panel occupies one end of the hall, and stands as the culmination of the first part of the whole story (Baxter 84). It depicts the moment when Galahad fails to ask the question (as Abbey conflates the stories of Galahad and Perceval).
F-6 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “The Loathely Damsel” (Panel 6) (or “Galahad Meets the Loathly Lady”). Frieze panel. 4 x 8 ft. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902. Galahad, wandering in the wasteland, is met by a loathly lady (on a white mule, carrying a king's head) with two companions (Baxter 90–91).
F-7 Abbey, Edwin Austin. “The Conquest of the Seven Deadly Sins” (Panel 7) (or “Galahad Defeats the Seven Deadly Sins”). Frieze panel. Boston, MA: Boston Public Library. 1895–1902.
Galahad, approaching the Castle of Maidens, has to defeat seven knights who guard the gate of the castle; in the three panels illustrating Galahad's Castle of Maidens adventures, Abbey follows Malory closely (Baxter 96–97).
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- A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500–2000) , pp. 606 - 718Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2006