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His work has provided both a record of costumes and scenery and of the dramatic effect of Irving's performances.\r\n\r\nThis image shows the actor Henry Irving (1838-1905) in his 1895 adaptation of <i>King Arthur</i>. It was commissioned as a vehicle in which he could star with Ellen Terry as Guinevere, written by James Comyns Carr, and was performed on a spectacular scale, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.\r\n\r\nThe sets, costumes and props were designed by Edward Burne-Jones, who had worked on numerous art works with an Arthurian theme, including paintings, murals and his stained-glass panels for Harden Grange, in Yorkshire. Comyns Carr asked Burne-Jones to design the production whilst the artist was working on his magnum opus, <i>The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon</i>.","physicalDescription":"Full length portrait of Henry Irving in the title role of <i>King Arthur</i>. He is shown in profile standing in a stone columned passage. 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