With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Falmouth’s Lady of Shalott by Waterhouse
This painting was bought from the artist by Alfred A De Pass, a South African businessman and art collector who settled in Falmouth and strongly regarded it as his home; Falmouth Art Gallery Collection was founded largely by the generous gift of his, in 1923. He had three paintings by Waterhouse in his collection; two are in Falmouth.
Waterhouse depicts Tennyson’s famous poem The Lady of Shalott, which tells the story from Arthurian legend of The Lily Maid of Astolat.