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"The King and the Beggar-maid" is a 16th-century broadside ballad [1] that tells of an African king, Cophetua, and his love for the beggar Penelophon (Shakespearean Zenelophon). Artists and writers have referenced the story, and King Cophetua has become a byword for "a man who falls in love with a woman instantly and proposes marriage immediately".
He is the founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF), the largest Renaissance fair in the United States. [2] Since 1982, he has also served as the mayor of Todd Mission, Texas. [3] Coulam drew wider public attention after being featured in the 2024 HBO documentary series, Ren Faire.
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid is an 1884 painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones. The painting illustrates the story of ' The King and the Beggar-maid ", which tells the legend of the prince Cophetua who fell in love at first sight with the beggar Penelophon.
Burne-Jones with William Morris, 1874, by Frederick Hollyer. Born Edward Coley Burne Jones (the hyphenation of his last names was introduced later) was born in Birmingham, the son of a Welshman, Edward Richard Jones, a frame-maker at Bennetts Hill, where a blue plaque commemorates the painter's childhood.
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (painting) (1884), Tate Britain, London. The Pilgrim at the Gate of Idleness (1884), Dallas Museum of Art. The Morning of the Resurrection (1886), Tate Britain, London. Sibylla Delphica (1886), Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester. The Garden of Pan (c. 1886), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid may refer to: The King and the Beggar-maid, a story; King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (painting), an 1884 painting by Edward Burne ...
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 265 at the 2020 census, [1] making it the second-least populated county in Texas and the third-least populated county in the United States. King County has no incorporated communities. Its county seat is the census-designated place (CDP) of Guthrie. [2]
The Beggar Maid is a 1921 American silent drama film based on the 1842 Tennyson poem of "The King and the Beggar-maid" and the 1884 painting of the scene by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. [1] The feature was directed by Herbert Blaché and stars Reginald Denny and Mary Astor. [2]