Tag: Tennyson

I am half sick of shadows (1915)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) ‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II) 1915 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)

A Mermaid (1900)

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…

The Lady of Shalott (1888)

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…

Royal Society (London)

Formation: November 1660 Address: 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5AG Website: https://royalsociety.org/ Fellows: • Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) • Dryden, John (1631-1700) • Evans, Arthur (1851-1941) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892) • Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke…

William Shakespeare

(1564–1616) Works: • A Lover’s Complaint (1609) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-1596) • All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-1605) • Antony and Cleopatra (1606) • As You Like It (1599-1600) • Cardenio (lost) • Coriolanus (1608) • Cymbeline (1610) • Hamlet (1599-1601) • Henry IV, Part 1 (1596-1597) • Henry IV, Part…

John William Waterhouse

(1849–1917) The artist’s works: Sleep and his Half-brother Death 1874 Private collection A Grecian Flower Market 1880 Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne The Lady of Shalott 1888 Tate Britain, London Ophelia 1889 Private collection Ulysses and the Sirens 1891 National…