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

Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Dalziel Brothers

1857–1903 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Dalziel Brothers

Date

1857–1903

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Anonymous Gift, 1925