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The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, 1888

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A reproduction of “The Lady of Shalott” of 1888 by John William Waterhouse.   This work was inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem by the same name of 1883.  The lady is cursed to see the world only through a reflections but, spying the irresistible Lancelot by chance, she cannot resist the temptation of looking at him directly.  Her punishment is to drift in a boat downstream towards Camelot singing her last long and dying before reaching Arthur’s capital.  The original painting is in the Tate Gallery in London.

Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites.  Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old.  He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting.  For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made productin impossible in 1915.  He died two years later.

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Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903

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A reproduction of "Echo and Narcissus" of 1903 by John William Waterhouse.   This work reflects and captures a moment from Greek and Roman Mythology and is another story in which a young man’s rejection of love leads to his destruction.  His rejection of the attetnions of the nymph Echo that she faded away until only the whisper of her voice remained.  Nemesis heard the prayers of the rejected ladies and arranged for Narcissus to fall in love with his own image .
Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites.  Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old.  He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting.  For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made productin impossible in 1915.  He died two years later.  This masterpiece is presently in the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.

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Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1912

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This modern masterpiece was created by John William Waterhouse in 1912. It represents Narcissus who was punished by falling in love with his own reflection. He was trapped by the beauty of his own reflection and died. Yellow narcissus flowers grew there in memory and these are included in the painting.

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Ariadne by John William Waterhouse, 1898

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This is a reproduction of John William Waterhouse’s Ariadne of 1898. The original is 151 centimeters wide and 91 centimeters high and is in a private collection. This is a Victorian version of the story of the daughter of King of Midas of Crete who fell in love with Theseus of Athens and helped him kill the Minotaur and end the Cretan tyranny over Athens. After Ariadne was taken from Crete by her lover, the gods cursed her for betraying her father by making Theseus forget his love and abandon her while she is sleeping.

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St. Eulalia, John William Waterhouse, 1885

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A reproduction of “St. Eulalia” of 1885 by John William Waterhouse.   This work was inspired by the story of the martyrdom of St. Eulalia during the last Christian persecution of 304.  She was a noble woman of the modern Barcelona, Spain, of which she remains a patron saint.  The original work is in the Tate Gallery in London.
Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites.  Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old.  He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting.  For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made productin impossible in 1915.  He died two years later.
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Hylas and Nymphs by Waterhouse, 1896

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A reproduction of “Hylas and the Nymphs” of 1896 by John William Waterhouse.   This work reflects and captures a moment from Greek and Roman Mythology in which the companion of Hercules was lured by the naiades into a pond to his death.  Hylas and Hercules were on the Quest of the Argonauts and the Naiades remained true to their reputation in ending relationships in which they could not partake.  The original is in the Manchester Art Gallery in Manchester, England.

Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites.  Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old.  He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting.  For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made production impossible in 1915.  He died two years later.

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