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    Diziet_Sma: It really irritates me that the Pre-Raphaelites are generally looked-down-upon by the artistic establishment. It's exactly the same in literary review... more »
    Rare Affinity: I shll now make sure I go to see the exhibition. That's what I love about Jezebel. It makes me aware of interesting things happening in my own back ya... more »
    wednesdayam: LOVE Waterhouse. I have this one framed in my house (like, a real quality custom frame with glass, not the cheap plastic ones from Target), and I des... more »
    Rare Affinity: The Lady of Shalott is one of my favourite epic pieces of poetry which I love reciting every snce I first came across it as a schoogirl. The fact that... more »
    CurtCole: This is the wallpaper on my computer at work. Awesome. more »
    Ailatan: There is a Gabriel Rosetti painting of The Lady of Shalott, I never saw it. Anyone know which one it is? more »
    notheretomakefriends: Victorian feminists, are they more like the la-di-da feminists, or the burn-the-bras feminists? more »
    BeckySharper: I am crazy for Waterhouse. Another of his feminist icons is "Hylas and the Nymphs" [www.mezzo-mondo.com] more »
    hfree: It's a feminist icon? Really? Now I don't feel so silly having it up on my wall in college. more »
    ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): Like Water for Harlots. Not quite, but certainly for Jezzies. more »
    Opti-Miss: Beautiful? Check. Complex? Sure. Powerful? Yep. But erotic it is not. more »
    SpiceMustFlow: That painting is impossibly gorgeous in real life, and it's BIG. What I wouldn't give to fly to London right this very minute to see that exhibition... more »
    wtfox?!: Looking at that painting, I will never not think of Anne Shirley's reenactment of the Lady of Shalott's trip down the river. more »
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    Lady Of The Lake

    A retrospective of the works of John William Waterhouse in London draws attention to his images of young women from mythology, especially the "Lady of Shalott," which, with its hint of eroticism, became a representative piece for Victorian feminists. [Reuters]
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