Philatelic Photograph: Mural XII - Sir Galahad Passes From The Land - Boston, MA

Mural XII

Sir Galahad Passes From The Land

Boston, MA

N 42° 20.974 W 071° 04.644

Short Description: 

The mural "Sir Galahad passes from land" is on display in the Abbey Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA.

Long Description:

American painter Edwin Austin Abbey was commissioned to create a fifteen-panel mural for the Boston Public Library. He chose as his subject "The Quest for the Holy Grail". This set of murals is on display in the Abbey Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library. The murals were installed between 1895 and 1902.

A part of Mural XII of this series "Sir Galahad passes from the land" is depicted on the United States stamp issued on February 1, 2001 as part of American Illustrators series of 25 stamps. Sir Galahad weds the maiden he freed, Blanchefleur, but, as the mural depicts, leaves on a white horse on their wedding night in order to remain a virgin and complete his quest.