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Lot Essay
Elaine of Astolat is probably best known from Alfred Lord Tennyson's Lady of Shalot. Her unrequited love for Lancelot causes her death, upon which her body is born by barge to Camelot.
Details
Ebenezer Wake Cook (1843-1926)
Elaine
signed and dated 'E. Wake Cook. 87'(lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Elaine/E. Wake Cook/41 Grove Rd/St John's Wood.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
5 7/8 x 8¾ in. (14.9 x 22.2 cm.)
Elaine
signed and dated 'E. Wake Cook. 87'(lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Elaine/E. Wake Cook/41 Grove Rd/St John's Wood.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
5 7/8 x 8¾ in. (14.9 x 22.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Richard and Georgina Ivor, London.
Exhibited
London, Dudley Gallery Imperial Art Society.
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