Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Cup of Tea c.1880–1881 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taking afternoon tea was a social ritual for many upper-middle-class women. Committed to portraying the ordinary events of everyday…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 127 cm Private collection
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Sleep and his Half-brother Death (Hypnos and Thanatos) 1874 Oil on canvas, 69.8 x 90.8 cm Private collection
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Grecian Flower Market (A Flower Stall) 1880 Oil on canvas, 57.8 x 79.3 cm Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Mermaid 1900 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 66.6 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London John William Waterhouse presented this painting to the Royal Academy after his election as an Academician. From the 1880s Waterhouse exhibited at…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 163.3 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Mythological scene from the ancient Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, showing Hylas being tempted to his death by…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1910 Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 63.5 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1894 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 73.7 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1889 Oil on canvas, 97.79 x 158.12 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) The Lady of Shalott 1888 Oil on canvas, 153 x 200 cm Tate Britain, London English poet Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (1833) describes a heroine confined to a tower and cursed to die…