Tuesday 3 August 2010, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 7 August 2010, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 10 August 2010, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 14 August 2010, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 17 August 2010, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 21 August 2010, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 24 August 2010, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 28 August 2010, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 31 August 2010, 13.15–13.30

A popular poet with the Pre-Raphaelites, Lord Alfred Tennyson was a particular favourite of John William Waterhouse – whose painting The Lady of Shalott 1888 is the focus of this short talk. The painting depicts a beautiful woman, subjected to a fatal curse for daring to look at Sir Lancelot, as she sails down the river towards her inescapable fate.

Tate Britain  Room 15
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