'Of the reredos of tapestry, the centrepiece is the well-known "Adoration" subject by Burne-Jones, executed by William Morris, and is the gift of H. E. Luxmoore. It was placed in the Chapel in 1895, but used to hang on the south wall, facing the doorway, until 1905.' [Source: An Illustrated Guide to Eton College / Eton Guide, R. A. Austen-Leigh, 1930, p.68] This version of the 'Adoration of the Magi' tapestry was purchased for Eton College by Henry Elford Luxmoore (Eton Master and a ‘devoted disciple of Ruskin’) in 1895. Luxmoore’s name can be seen along the top of the tapestry. This is the central panel of grouping of three tapestry panels. The original cartoon for this central panel is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The Latin inscription along the upper edge refers to the making of the tapestry by Burne-Jones and William Morris and its gift to Eton by Henry Elford Luxmoore in 1895.
Inscribed across the top on a scroll in latin: "HANC TRIAM INVENIT EDUARDUS BURNE-JONES TEXINT IN ABBATIA MERTONIUS GULIELMUS MORRIS GRATO ANIMO POSUIT HENRICUS ELFORD LUXMOORE ETONENSIS. ANN. SAL. MDCCCXCV" "THIS TRIAL INVENTED BY EDWARD BURNE-JONES WOVEN IN WILLIAM MORRIS MERTON ABBEY GIVEN WITH A GRATEFUL MIND HENRY ELFORD LUXMORE OF ETON ANN SAL 1895"