The Lady of Shalott
Date: 1888
This painting is based on the poem The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It illustrates the lines:
“And down the river’s dim expanse Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance - With a 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 Shalott.”