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“The Lady of Shalott”. by Alfred Lord Tennyson. John Atkinson Grimshaw. William Holman Hunt (1889-92). And the silent isle imbowers the Lady of Shalott. Edward J. Sullivan. Only reapers, reaping early In among the bearded barley, Hear a song that echoes cheerly.
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“The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred Lord Tennyson John Atkinson Grimshaw
William Holman Hunt(1889-92) And the silent isle imbowers the Lady of Shalott.
Edward J. Sullivan Only reapers, reaping early In among the bearded barley, Hear a song that echoes cheerly
CharlesRobinson(1870-1937) There she weaves by night and day
William Holman Hunt And moving thro’ a mirror clear That hangs before her all the year, Shadows of the world appear
But in her web she still delightsTo weave the mirror’s magic sights Elizabeth Siddall (1853)
“‘I’m half sick of shadows,’ said the Lady of Shalott.” John William Waterhouse(1916)
William Maw Egley A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,He rode between the barley-sheaves
She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces thro’ the room She saw the helmet and the plume, She look’d down to Camelot John William Waterhouse (1894)
“The curse is upon me.” Sidney Harold Meteyard(1913)
Down she came and found a boatBeneath a willow left alfloat,And round about the prow she wroteThe Lady of Shalott John William Waterhouse (1888)
Elaine • “The Lady of Shalott” was based on the story of Elaine the Fair of Astolat in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’arthur (1469-70). • Elaine dies of grief because she is in love with Sir Lancelot, but Sir Lancelot loves Queen Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. • Tennyson developed this story more in Idylls of the King. Edward Reginald Frampton(1872-1923)
Elaine:Gustave Doré She loosed the chain, and down she lay
They heard her singing her last song Sophie Anderson’s Elaine(1823-1903)
Henry Peach Robinson1830-1901 Singing in her song she died
John AtkinsonGrimshaw1836-1893 A gleaming shape she floated by
Who is this? and what is here? Edmund Blair Leighton’s Elaine1853-1922
She has a lovely face Elaine by Henry Wallis