Here were examples of the artist’s grandly staged history paintings, including The Favourites of Emperor Honorius and St Eulalia, plus Pre-Raphaelite- influenced forays such as Hylas and the Nymphs. The real showstopper, however, was The Lady of Shalott, an awesome work that, notwithstanding the calibre of the pictures around it, cast its presence across the entire room.
The Lady of Shalott has been stopping the hearts of gallery visitors for decades at Tate Britain, where it is usually to be seen, having been one of the founding gifts pre- sented to the institution by Sir Henry Tate in 1894. According to one of Waterhouse’s biographers, Peter Trippi, the gallery sold 27,600 Lady of Shalott postcards and 6,500 pens in 1999, two years after its three-month absence from the walls unleashed thousands of expressions of disappointment from visitors.
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All gone to pot
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Food for thought
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Savour the moment
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Size matters
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Paint the town red
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The generation game
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Last orders
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Eyes wide shut
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Piste de résistance
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