Lady of the Shalott | John Atkinson Grimshaw | 1875 19th Century bare trees and the walls

bare trees and the walls of a grand Victorian house

its radiance casting a silvery-golden reflection across the undulating surface of the sea

stands at their feet

Moonrise (ca

particularly from his home region in Kingdom of Hungary

Lady of the Shalott | John Atkinson Grimshaw | 1875 19th Century bare trees and the walls"The Lady of Shalott" is a lyrical ballad by the 19th century English poet Alfred Tennyson. Inspired by the 13th century short prose text Donna di Scalotta, it tells the tragic story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman stranded in a tower up the river from Camelot. John Atkinson Grimshaw was an English Victorian era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. Today, he is considered one of the great painters of the Victorian