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The Loathly Lady

The Loathly Lady

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Bishop Thomas Percy (1729 - 1811)

The Marriage of Sir Gawaine - 1765 (Editor)

De Beverley, Thomas

The Wife of Bath's Tale - 1926 (Author)

The Marriage of Sir Gawain - 1995 (Editor)
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle - 1995 (Editor)

Heber, Reginald (1783 - 1826)

Fragments of the Masque of Gwendolen - 1830 (Author)

Lupack, Barbara Tepa

The Tale of Dame Ragnell - 2010 (Author)

Seally, John (1747 - 1795)

The Marriage of Sir Gawaine: An Opera - May 1782 and July 1782 (Author)

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E. B. Bensell (1842 - 1894)

Arthur Meets the Loathly Lady

The Loathly Lady Becomes Beautiful

Jemima Blackburn (1823 - 1909)

Sir, foul as I am, I may help thee in thy need.

Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833 - June 16, 1898)

"Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, And seyde: Sire knyght, heerforth ne lith no wey..."

"For, by my trouthe, I wol be to yow bothe, This is to seyn, ye, bothe fair and good."

"Thou art so loothly, and so oold also, And therto comen of so lough a kynde..."

Bertha Corson Day

Wondering and Awe-Struck, Sir Gawain Sank Before the Lady On One Knee

W. H. Margetson (1861 - 1940)

"He hung his head and rode slowly away"

"Lady, I will be a true and loyal husband"

"Now you have released me from the spell completely"

Willy Pogány (1882 - 1955)

A Woman's Face . . . With Grey Locks and Eyes of Fire

Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911)

King Arthur findeth ye old woman in ye hut

Sir Gawaine Finds the Beautiful Lady

E. B. Bensell (1842 - 1894)

The Loathly Lady Becomes Beautiful

Arthur Meets the Loathly Lady

Jemima Blackburn (1823 - 1909)

Sir, foul as I am, I may help thee in thy need.

Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833 - June 16, 1898)

Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, And seyde: Sire knyght, heerforth ne lith no wey...

Thou art so loothly, and so oold also, And therto comen of so lough a kynde...

For, by my trouthe, I wol be to yow bothe, This is to seyn, ye, bothe fair and good.

Bertha Corson Day

Wondering and Awe-Struck, Sir Gawain Sank Before the Lady On One Knee

W. H. Margetson (1861 - 1940)

He hung his head and rode slowly away

Lady, I will be a true and loyal husband

Now you have released me from the spell completely

Willy Pogány (1882 - 1955)

A Woman's Face . . . With Grey Locks and Eyes of Fire

Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911)

Sir Gawaine Finds the Beautiful Lady

King Arthur findeth ye old woman in ye hut