The Lady of Shalott  1888

by John William Waterhouse

The picture illustrates the following lines from part IV of Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott': [br] And down the river's dim expanse Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance - With glassy countenance Did she look to Camelot. And at the closing of the day She loosed the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Sha...
Size: 
1530 x 2000 mm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Tate Britain (Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported))