The popular poet Alfred Tennyson first published his ballad of the Lady of Shalott in 1833. It told the tale of a Lady confined to a tower, where she must weave a magic web without pause. Her view of the outside world was confined to the reflections in a mirror, and a curse would come upon her if she stopped and looked directly at the world. Walter Crane represents her tragic end. Tempted to look out of the window by her love for Sir Lancelot, the curse took effect and she died singing in her boat, floating down river to Camelot in search of her love. This is one of only two pictures Crane, a founding member of the Arts and Crafts Society, and an admirer of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, ever exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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