sentences:  The larger version of "The Magic Circle" was shown at the Royal Academy in 1886, and, after "Consulting the Oracle" and "St. Eulalia", was Waterhouse's third exhibit with a supernatural theme in as many years.The painting was well received at its exhibition, and was purchased for £650 the same year by the Tate Gallery, through the Chantrey Bequest.The painting was extremely successful with the critics and public alike.