The Lady of Shalott (from Tennyson's Poems, New York, 1903)

After Dante Gabriel Rossetti British
Engraver Dalziel Brothers British

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Rossetti’s 1857 illustrations of Tennyson—reissued here in 1903—incorporate startling effects derived from medieval and early Renaissance art. Space collapses, forms are cut off, and narrative details are inserted without concern for conventional perspective. The Lady of Shalott is a night scene dramatized by flaming candles and set on the river below Camelot. Rossetti criticized the engravers and insisted on many changes, delaying the publication.

The Lady of Shalott (from Tennyson's Poems, New York, 1903), After Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828–1882 Birchington-on-Sea), Wood engraving

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