Miranda - The Tempest
Date: 1916
Miranda is a character is William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. The play was first performed around 1611.
Waterhouse painted versions of Miranda at the start and end of his career. The other versions are dated 1875 and 1916 (smaller version of this painting). This picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy (No. 52) in 1916, a year before Waterhouse’s death in 1917.