Biography of Lady of Shalott
Il Novellino aka Le Cento Novelle Antiche 82nd. Here it is told how the damsel of Shalott died, for love of Lancelot of the Lake."
Qui conta come la damigella di scalot morì, per amore di lancialotto del lac.
Morte D'Arthur by Malory Chapter 11. How Sir Launcelot rode to Astolat, and received a sleeve to wear upon his helm at the request of a maid [Lady of Shalott].
Morte D'Arthur by Malory Chapter 19. Of the great lamentation of the Fair Maid of Astolat when Launcelot should depart, and how she died for his love.
Morte D'Arthur by Malory Chapter 20. How the corpse of the Maid of Astolat arrived to-fore King Arthur, and of the burying, and how Sir Launcelot offered the mass-penny.
The Lady of Shalott. The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (age 23)
Part 1
1.1. On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road runs by
To many-tower'd Camelot;
The yellow-leaved waterlily
The green-sheathed daffodilly
Tremble in the water chilly
Round about Shalott.
1.2. Willows whiten, aspens shiver.
The sunbeam showers break and quiver
In the stream that runneth ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.
1.3. Underneath the bearded barley,
The reaper, reaping late and early,
Hears her ever chanting cheerly,
Like an angel, singing clearly,
O'er the stream of Camelot.
Piling the sheaves in furrows airy,
Beneath the moon, the reaper weary
Listening whispers, ''Tis the fairy,
Lady of Shalott.'
1.4. The little isle is all inrail'd
With a rose-fence, and overtrail'd
With roses: by the marge unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken sail'd,
Skimming down to Camelot.
A pearl garland winds her head:
She leaneth on a velvet bed,
Full royally apparelled,
The Lady of Shalott.
The Lady of Shalott Part 2
1850. William Holman Hunt (age 22). "Lady of Shalott". Black chalk, pen and ink.
1853. Elizabeth Siddal (age 23). Lady of Shalott. Part 3 Stanza 5: "Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side".
1858. William Maw Egley (age 32). "The Lady of Shalott". Part 3 Stanza 4. After The Lady of Shalott sees Lancelot in the mirror and turns to look at him directly "She saw the helmet and the plume, She look'd down to Camelot."
1862. Walter Crane (age 16). "The Lady of Shalott". Part 4 Stanza 5 in which The Lady of Shalott dies.
1865. Arthur Hughes (age 32). Study for "Lady of Shalott".
1873. Arthur Hughes (age 40). "Lady of Shalott".
1875. John Atkinson Grimshaw (age 38). "The Lady of Shalott". Part 4 Stanza 5 in which The Lady of Shalott dies.
Before 1882. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 53). Lady of Shalott. Part 4 Stanza 7 of the 1842 revised version: "But Lancelot mused a little space; He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott." engraved by the Dalziel Brothers.
1888. to 1905. William Holman Hunt (age 60) assisted by Edward Robert Hughes (age 36). "Lady of Shalott. Part 3 Stanza 5: "Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side".
1888. John William Waterhouse (age 38). "The Lady of Shalott". Part 4 Stanza 3 although not quite consistent with the poem "She loos'd the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away ...". She holds on to the mooring chain, about to let go. Two of the three candles are extinguished, signifying the end of life.
1895. John William Waterhouse (age 45). "Lady of Shalott". Part 3 Stanza 5: "Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side".
1913. Sidney Harold Metyard (age 45). Lady of Shalott. Part 2 Stanza 4: "I am half sick of shadows,".
1916. John William Waterhouse (age 66). "I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott". Lady of Shalott Part 2 Stanza 4.
1920. Edward Reginald Frampton (age 50). "Elaine, the Lady of Shallott".