The Lady of Shalott ; 1888 ; John William Waterhouse
The Lady of Shalott is an 1888 painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse. It is a representation of a scene from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s 1832 poem sharing the same title. Waterhouse painted three different versions of this character: in 1888, 1894, and 1915. It is one of his most famous works, the epitome of the style of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
The Lady of Shalott was donated to the public by Sir Henry Tate in 1894 and is usually on display in Tate Britain, London, in room 1840.
I guess I’m a Waterhouse fan. Who’d a thunk it?
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