The document discusses John William Waterhouse's 1888 painting "Lady of Shalott". It describes how Waterhouse painted three versions of the character from the Lady of Shalott poem between 1888 and 1915. The painting depicts the Lady confined to her quarters under a curse, only able to view the outside world through a mirror. The document also provides background on Waterhouse, noting he was born in Rome to painter parents and later moved to London to study art, taking inspiration from Roman mythology and authors in many of his paintings.

1. Lady of Shalott
By Noemí

2. CHARACTERISTICS
• Lady of Shallot is a painting of 1888 by the English painter John
William Waterhouse.
• Waterhouse painted three versions of this character, in 1888, in 1894
and 1915.
• It is one of his most famous works.
• This painting was made with oil on Canvas.
• This painting is associated with a poem, were the lady had been
confined to her quarters, under a curse that forbade her to go outside
or even look directly out of the window, her only view of the world
was through the mirror

3. WHO IS THE PAINTER
• John William Waterhouse was an English painter born on 6th April of
1849 in Rome. Both of her parents were painters. Waterhouse later
moved to London where he enrolled in the local academy of art.
• His early life in Italy has been cited as one of the reasons many of his
later paintings were set in Rome or based in scenes taken from Roman
Mythology
• Many of his paintings are based on authors such as Homer, Ovid,
Shakespeare, Tennyson…
• Waterhouse finally die on 10th February of 1917 in London, UK.

4. OTHER PAINTINGS OF HIM
Watehouse painted lots of painting and the most importants were
Undine La Fileuse In the Peristyle Diogenes