The Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott has been the subject of many literary and artistic works.  You can find a copy of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem here, and see below for some representations by artists....in addition, here is a link that briefly explains the Lady's place in Arthurian legend....(she is referrerd to here as Elaine of Astolat)

And now, on with the images!

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Elaine, Edward Reginald Frampton

The Lady of Shalott, Arthur Hughes c.1872-3



The Lady of Shalott, William Hollman Hunt, 1889-92


The Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, 1888


The Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, 1894



"I am half sick of shadows," said the Lady of Shalott
, 1913, Sidney Meteyard


'I am half sick of shadows,' said the Lady of Shalott,  John William Waterhouse, 1916

Elaine in the Barge, Lancelot Speed, from: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Ed. Rupert S. Holland. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, 1919.

William Maw Egley, The Lady of Shalott

John Atkinson Grimshaw, Elaine

John Atkinson Grimshaw, The Lady of Shalott

Gustave Doré, Elaine

Sophie Anderson, Elaine, 1870

Henry Wallis, Elaine

Florence Rutledge, Elaine

Edward Blair Leighton, God Speed

Dante Gabriel Rosetti, The Lady of Shalott

John Moyr Smith, Elaine

Rhead, George Wooliscroft and Louis Elaine's Barge Arrives at Camelot

Also, Tennyson's poem is featured in L.M. Montgomery's novel, Anne of Green Gables, which was dramatized by Sullivan Films in 1985.  Here are some scene stills from the girls' dramatization of the Lady's story....


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