I became familiar with the Arthurian Legend reading the comics with excellent drawings from Harold Foster (born in Canada).
Were published in a Magazine for school children whose name was Billiken, very popular in the 1940-1950
Then I saw that William Morris and the Pre Raphaelite brotherhood were interested in these marvelous adventures.
Perhaps also some members of this forum knows about Harold Foster. Much better than the "heroes" of today.
I think that this interest in the Arthurian Legend was common in the XIX century when in England they were looking for "the englishness of English Art", the same happened in other nations of Europe like France, Spain and Germany. All of them were exploing their respective origins.
I’ve recently seen one of the Harold Foster comic book renditions of the Arthurian legend. The very detailed, beautiful artwork enhances the intriguing legend, which could have been adapted from the story of the Italian knight — who knows?