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Miranda-The Tempest
1916
Oil on Canvas
Miranda is a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. The play was first performed around 1611.
Miranda is the beautiful daughter of Duke Prospero. She appears at the waters edge as a storm wreaks havoc with a ship.
"Like most of Waterhouse's heroines, Miranda is the plaything of events. She is also the personification of innocence: isolated on Prospero's isle, she speaks of Ferdinand [who survives the shipwreck in the painting] as 'the third man that e'er I saw, the first that e'er I sighed for.'" (Anthony Hobson)
Miranda is a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. The play was first performed around 1611.
Miranda is the beautiful daughter of Duke Prospero. She appears at the waters edge as a storm wreaks havoc with a ship.
"Like most of Waterhouse's heroines, Miranda is the plaything of events. She is also the personification of innocence: isolated on Prospero's isle, she speaks of Ferdinand [who survives the shipwreck in the painting] as 'the third man that e'er I saw, the first that e'er I sighed for.'" (Anthony Hobson)
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_%28The_Tempest%29
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