Panel on a linen ground of King Arthur embroidered with wools on a holland ground and couched gold thread. The figure has been painted onto the ground as a guide to the embroidery. King Arthur is shown in full armour and carrying a sword over his shoulder. His helmet, which signifies his royal stature, is worked in gold and brown coloured wools as are his elbow plates and the hilt of his sword. The rest of the armour is worked in blues, greys and black wools with his sword sheath in red, brown and orange. Only the top half is finished and has been worked in a series of unorthodox stem and long and short stitches which, because of their inexpert technique, have greatly distorted the background linen fabric. 'A figure of King Arthur, drawn in 1863 by Edward Burne-Jones, upon the holland and embroidered by G. B-J. It was intended for one of a set from the Morte d'Arthur, with which we hoped to decorate a room of our own / Note made by G. Burne-Jones, Feb 27 '09' (On a label attached to the panel) Registered File number 1985/326. The drawing exists at the Whitworth Art Gallery (D.73.1927 verso). The scheme was originally designed for Burne-Jones's home in 62 Great Russell Street. See T.118 to 120 for other figures in the series.