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The Beguiling of Merlin

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ship-owner and art-collector, in the late 1860s. After a false start blamed on "poor materials", Burne-Jones began work on the painting proper in 1873, finishing the body of the work by the end of 1874; however, the painting was not first exhibited until 1877 at the opening exhibition of the
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186 cm × 111 cm (73 in × 44 in)
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Edward Burne-Jones
Oil on canvas
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Port Sunlight
Merseyside
Pre-Raphaelite
Edward Burne-Jones
Arthurian legend
Merlin
Lady of the Lake
Nimue
hawthorn bush
Frederick Richards Leyland
Liverpool
Grosvenor Gallery
Maria Zambaco
King Solomon's Carpet
Ruth Rendell
Barbara Vine
Lord Leverhulme
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Possession: A Romance
A. S. Byatt
Fiona MacCarthy
The Last Pre-Raphaelite
Study of the head of Merlin
Study of the head of Nimue
List of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones

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