The Lady of Shalott
Print
1857 (Published)
1857 (Published)
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A woman with long hair, entwined with threads from her weaving.
Object details
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| Title | The Lady of Shalott (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving |
| Brief description | William Holman Hunt, 'The Lady of Shalott', illustration to 'Poems of Alfred Tennyson', proof wood-engraving, published 1857. |
| Physical description | A woman with long hair, entwined with threads from her weaving. |
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| Production type | Artist's proof |
| Gallery label | By the 1840s wood engravers dominated the field of illustration. They reproduced drawings supplied by artists, including some of the Pre-Raphaelites like Holman Hunt. For this print, Thompson used a delicate technique in which the creation of each black line required an incision either side. The result shows astonishing technical virtuosity, especially the fine line encircling the heroine.(August 2019) |
| Credit line | Given by Harold Hartley |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.30-1910 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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