The Lady of Shalott

John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917): The Lady of Shalott, 1888 (Oil paint on canvas, Tate - From part IV of Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’)

“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 Shalott.”