The Lady of Shalott

1
The Lady of Shalott

• Some Versions
• Thereof

2
. . . the new-born love for something, for some
one in the wide world for which she had been so
long excluded, takes her out of the region of
shadows into that of realities.

• Tennysons later comment on the poem

3
Elaine, The Lily Maid of Astolat John Frampton
4
Elaine, by Henry Wallis
5
Elaine, by Sophie Wharton
6
The Lady of Shalott, Sidney Harold Meteyard
7
The Lady of Shalott Elizabeth Siddal
8
I am Half-sick of Shadows, said the Lady of
Shalott John William Waterhouse
9
The Curse is Come Upon Me, cried the Lady of
Shalott Waterhouse
10
The Lady of Shalott (early version) William
Holman Hunt
11
The Lady of Shalott (1886-1905) William Holman
Hunt
12
The Lady of Shalott--John William Waterhouse
13
The Lady of Shalott Arthur Hughes
14
The Lady of Shalott, John Atkinson Grimshaw
15
Bobbie Samples 2005 rendition
16
Samples detail
17
For anyone who is curious, here is a portrait of
Tennyson in his twenties, around the time he
wrote the poem.