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Inspired by Alfred Lord Tennyson’s lyrical ballad of the same name, John Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott painting portrays the lamenting woman whose unrequited love for Sir Lancelot brought about a curse which led to her death.nbspThe moment depicted occurs in the fourth stanza of Tennyson’s poem, when “at the closing of the dayShe loosed the chain, and down she layThe broad stream bore her far away.”Click these words to find similar prints18th 19th Century Pre Raphaelite Figurative Mythology Legends GicleeArt Prints for FramesBritish
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