An abiding interest in Arthurian myth, typified by his painting
A nude Andromeda on the left with her back to the viewer watches an armor-clad Perseus perform the title action in his Perseus Slaying the Sea Monster. He was also fond of painting series as in his The Heart Desires and The Soul Attains, two parts of his Pygmalion and Galatea cycle, and his large four-part group about Sleeping Beauty, the Briar Rose paintings.  A male nude in his Phyllis and Demophoon caused scandal but the three male nudes in his canvas Wheel of Fortune resulted in little outcry. His artistic diversity is reflected in the numerous stained glass windows and book illustrations, such as those for an 1896 edition of Chaucer, which he did for the workshop of his friend William Morris. An abiding interest in Arthurian myth, typified by his painting The Beguiling of Merlin, also characterized, for 10 points, what Pre-Raphaelite artist and painter of King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid?
A nude Andromeda on the left with her back to the viewer watches an armor-clad Perseus perform the title action in his Perseus Slaying the Sea Monster.
Edward Coley Burne-Jones