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Waterhouse painted The Lady of Shalott in 1888, one of the most haunting images in Victorian art. A young woman drifts alone on a dark river, white gown billowing, lips parted on a last breath. Tennyson gave him the story: a Lady cursed to weave the world's reflection in a mirror.
She glimpses Lancelot. The mirror shatters. This is the moment after.
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