\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The subject of this painting, drawn from the legend of the knights of the Round Table, attests to MorrisÆs interest in the M
iddle Ages, stimulated by his discovery of Thomas MaloryÆs late medieval text \i Morte dÆArthur\i0 . His fondness for the figure of Guinevere, ArthurÆs wife and the lover of Lancelot, is evident from the poem \i The Defense of Guinevere\i0 , written by