Title

Elaine, 1874. Creator: Toby E Rosenthal.

Caption

Elaine, 1874. Scene from 'Idylls of the King', a 19th-century version of the Arthurian legends, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: the body of Elaine, who died of a broken heart after being spurned by Sir Lancelot, is conveyed from Astolat to Camelot. 'In her right hand the lily, in her left / The letter - all her bright hair streaming down'.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B19_320

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

15,7Mb (597,5Kb) / 10,0in x 6,1in / 3000 x 1826 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation nature water female women woman people boat boats flower flowers plant plants arts painting night country lake art rose roses melancholy geography color dead lily lilies death garland garlands location century gallery concept time of day funeral art gallery prow figurehead oil Painting United States of America Colour dead body 19th century water transport nineteenth century American America USA Arthurian bier geographical feature united states Alfred Lord Tennyson Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson Alfred Baron Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Art Institute of Chicago Oil on canvas art centre Alfred Lord Lord Tennyson Heritage Art Toby E Rosenthal Rosenthal Toby E 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Lord A Tennyson Arts of the Americas Toby Edward Rosenthal Rosenthal Toby Edward Rosenthal Toby E. Toby E. Rosenthal