The mirror crack’d from side to side
Pre-Raphaelite depictions of The Lady of Shalott
An exploration of Pre-Raphaelite visualisations of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s mythological figure, The Lady of Shalott
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Alison Inglis, lecturer in art history, University of Melbourne
Image: Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914), ‘Oh, what’s that in the hollow, so pale, I quake to follow?’ ‘Oh, that’s a thin dead body, which waits the eternal term.’ 1893 (detail), watercolour with gum and scratching-out on paper, Royal Watercolour Society
Saturday 30 July 2011, 11.00am
Free
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Related exhibition: The poetry of drawing: Pre-Raphaelite designs, studies and watercolours
