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style="padding-right:0.65em;">Medium</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Oil_painting" title="Oil painting">Oil on canvas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Dimensions</th><td class="infobox-data">183 cm × 127 cm (72 in × 50 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Britain</a>, London</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_magic_circle,_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_magic_circle%2C_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg/220px-The_magic_circle%2C_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_magic_circle%2C_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg/330px-The_magic_circle%2C_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_magic_circle%2C_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg/440px-The_magic_circle%2C_by_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1373" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The smaller 1886 version of <i>The Magic Circle</i>, 88 cm x 60 cm (34.6 in x 23.6 in), in a private collection</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Miranda_-_The_Tempest_JWW.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Miranda_-_The_Tempest_JWW.jpg/220px-Miranda_-_The_Tempest_JWW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Miranda_-_The_Tempest_JWW.jpg/330px-Miranda_-_The_Tempest_JWW.jpg 1.5x, 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W. Waterhouse (1916)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_(study).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_%28study%29.jpg/220px-John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_%28study%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_%28study%29.jpg/330px-John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_%28study%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_%28study%29.jpg/440px-John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Magic_Circle_%28study%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>A study for the painting, c. 1886, in a private collection</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>The Magic Circle</b></i> is an 1886 <a href="/wiki/Oil_painting" title="Oil painting">oil painting</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Raphaelite">Pre-Raphaelite</a> style by <a href="/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse" title="John William Waterhouse">John William Waterhouse</a>. Two copies of the painting were produced. The two paintings and a study depict a <a href="/wiki/Witch" class="mw-redirect" title="Witch">witch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Magician_(fantasy)" title="Magician (fantasy)">sorceress</a> using a <a href="/wiki/Wand" title="Wand">wand</a> to draw a fiery <a href="/wiki/Magic_circle" title="Magic circle">magic circle</a> on the Earth to create a ritual space for her <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_magic" title="Ceremonial magic">ceremonial magic</a>. As was common in the period, Waterhouse repeated his subject on a smaller scale, probably at the request of a collector. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The larger <a href="/wiki/Prime_version" title="Prime version">prime version</a> of <i>The Magic Circle</i> was shown at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Academy">Royal Academy</a> in 1886,<sup id="cite_ref-John_William_Waterhouse_The_Magic_Circle_1886_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_William_Waterhouse_The_Magic_Circle_1886-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the year after Waterhouse was elected an Associate member. Coming after <i>Consulting the Oracle</i> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Eulalia_(Waterhouse_painting)" title="Saint Eulalia (Waterhouse painting)"><i>St. Eulalia</i></a>, this was Waterhouse's third exhibit with a supernatural theme in as many years.<sup id="cite_ref-christies_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-christies-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The painting was well received at its exhibition,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and was purchased for £650 the same year by the <a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Gallery</a>, through the <a href="/wiki/Francis_Legatt_Chantrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Legatt Chantrey">Chantrey Bequest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The painting was extremely successful with the critics and public alike.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The smaller 1886 version of <i>The Magic Circle</i> measures 88 cm (34.6 in) high and 60 cm (23.6 in) wide. A private collector holds it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Waterhouse painted a c. 1886 study for <i>The Magic Circle</i>, 61.5 cm (24.2 in) high and 41.2 cm (16.2 in) wide, also held by a private collector.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He initially sketched the composition in a sepia pen and ink version in 1880–1881.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Magic Circle</i> was on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Australia" title="National Gallery of Australia">National Gallery of Australia</a> as part of the <i>Love and Desire</i> exhibition (December 2018 – April 2019).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a style typical of Waterhouse, the main character is a lone female figure placed centrally on the canvas. The surrounding landscape is hazy, as though it is not quite real, and the background figures are only discernible on close inspection, deliberately ensuring the witch is the only image of importance.<sup id="cite_ref-John_William_Waterhouse_The_Magic_Circle_1886_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_William_Waterhouse_The_Magic_Circle_1886-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Waterhouse paid careful attention to the angles employed in this work, balancing the circle the figure is drawing around herself by using a triangle – her straight arm, extended by the straight stick, held out at 25 degrees to her erect body. The determined face emphasises the witch's power, her exclusion of the ravens and frog – popular symbols representing magic – and her command over the smoke pillar. Instead of billowing outwards or being affected by the wind, it remains in a straight line. A live snake <a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">ouroboros</a> loops around the woman's neck. </p><p><i>The Magic Circle</i> is similar in composition to Waterhouse's later 1916 painting, <i>Miranda – The Tempest</i>, which also portrays a woman associated with magic. Miranda wears a dress similar to the witch in <i>The Magic Circle</i>, and her face can only be seen in profile. Unlike <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Sandys" title="Frederick Sandys">Frederick Sandys</a>' portrayals of sorceresses, such as his 1864 <i><a href="/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay_(painting)" title="Morgan le Fay (painting)">Morgan le Fay</a></i> and 1868 <i><a href="/wiki/Medea_(Sandys_painting)" title="Medea (Sandys painting)">Medea</a></i>, Waterhouse chose to make his witch's face intent and intriguing, as opposed to malevolent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Miracles, magic, and the power of prophecy are common themes in Waterhouse's art. More specifically, the notion of woman as <a href="/wiki/Enchantress_(paranormal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enchantress (paranormal)">enchantress</a> recurs in images such as <i><a href="/wiki/Circe_Offering_the_Cup_to_Ulysses" title="Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses">Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses</a></i> (1891, Oldham Art Gallery) and <i><a href="/wiki/Hylas_and_the_Nymphs_(painting)" title="Hylas and the Nymphs (painting)">Hylas and the Nymphs</a></i> (1896, Manchester City Art Gallery). His oeuvre also includes several Middle Eastern subjects, in which he drew on the work of contemporary artists such as <a href="/wiki/John_Frederick_Lewis" title="John Frederick Lewis">J. F. Lewis</a> (1805–1876) and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema" title="Lawrence Alma-Tadema">Lawrence Alma-Tadema</a> (1836–1912), rather than on experience. This is one of Waterhouse's earlier works and reflects his fascination with the exotic. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The woman in this picture appears to be a witch or priestess endowed with magic powers, possibly the power of prophecy. Her dress and general appearance are highly eclectic and are derived from several sources: she has the swarthy complexion of a woman of Middle-Eastern origin; her hairstyle is like that of an early Anglo-Saxon; her dress is decorated with Persian or Greek warrior. She holds a crescent-shaped sickle in her left hand, linking her with the moon and <a href="/wiki/Hecate" title="Hecate">Hecate</a>. With the wand in her right hand, she draws a protective <a href="/wiki/Magic_circle" title="Magic circle">magic circle</a> around her. Outside the circle, the landscape is bare and barren; a group of rooks or ravens and a frog – all symbols of evil associated with witchcraft – are excluded. But within its confines are flowers and the woman herself, objects of beauty. The picture's meaning is unclear, but its mystery and exoticism struck a chord with contemporary observers. When the picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1886, the critic for the <i>Magazine of Art</i> wrote, "Mr Waterhouse, in <i>The Magic Circle</i>, is still at his best – original in conception and pictorial in his results"</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>quoted in Hobson, p. 37<sup id="cite_ref-John_William_Waterhouse_The_Magic_Circle_1886_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_William_Waterhouse_The_Magic_Circle_1886-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theories">Theories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Theories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An article in the Pre-Raphaelite Society journal, <i>The Review</i>, has hypothesized that Waterhouse may have painted an image of his face into <i>The Magic Circle</i> and that the image is only viewable at a specific required distance from the painting. The article also suggests that it may have been possible to achieve that distance by viewing the painting through reversed binoculars or opera glasses.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An accompanying documentary, <i>Inside the mystery of JW Waterhouse's The Magic Circle</i>, presents the visual argument.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A later PRS Review essay<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> follows this by presenting evidence that the painting is directly inspired by Theocritus's <i>Second Idyll</i>, more commonly known as “<i>The Sorceress,</i>” and in particular by CS Calverley's 1866 translation of the <i>Idylls</i>. An accompanying blog piece<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presents a detailed argument including evidence that the "face" emerging from the landscape in the painting is that of "Delphis", the Sorceress's lover, whom she is attempting to summon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_contemporary_culture">In contemporary culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In contemporary culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Harry_Furniss" title="Harry Furniss">Harry Furniss</a> created several parodies of <i>The Magic Circle</i>, including one in <i>Punch</i> showing the actress <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bernhardt" title="Sarah Bernhardt">Sarah Bernhardt</a> tending a cauldron<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and another in an exhibition <i>The Magic Circle, or There's Nothing like a Lather by Soap-and-Waterhouse</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A reproduction of <i>The Magic Circle</i> is one of the paintings featured in The Great Hall at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches in the set dressing of the 2005 children's TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Worst_Witch" title="The New Worst Witch">The New Worst Witch</a></i>. </p><p><i>The Magic Circle</i> was part of the <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter:_A_History_of_Magic" title="Harry Potter: A History of Magic">Harry Potter: A History of Magic</a> exhibition at the British Library in 2017. </p><p>Another reproduction of <i>The Magic Circle</i> is one of the paintings with an occult theme featuring in the set dressing of the 2018-2020 TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chilling_Adventures_of_Sabrina_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)">The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_John_William_Waterhouse" title="List of paintings by John William Waterhouse">List of paintings by John William Waterhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentacle" title="Pentacle">Pentacle</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li 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class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/5497198/Pre-Raphaelite-art-the-paintings-that-obsessed-the-Victorians.html">"Pre-Raphaelite art: the paintings that obsessed the Victorians [print version: Sex and death: The paintings that obsessed the Victorians]"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a> (Review)</i>, pp. R2–R3</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph+%28Review%29&rft.atitle=Pre-Raphaelite+art%3A+the+paintings+that+obsessed+the+Victorians+%26%2391%3Bprint+version%3A+Sex+and+death%3A+The+paintings+that+obsessed+the+Victorians%26%2393%3B&rft.pages=R2-R3&rft.date=2009-06-13&rft.aulast=Moyle&rft.aufirst=Franny&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fart%2Fart-features%2F5497198%2FPre-Raphaelite-art-the-paintings-that-obsessed-the-Victorians.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magic+Circle+%28Waterhouse+paintings%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSimpson2009" class="citation cs2">Simpson, Eileen (17 June 2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/5552131/Pre-Raphaelites-for-a-new-generation.html">"Pre-Raphaelites for a new generation: Letters, 17 June: Pre-Raphaelite revival"</a>, <i>The Daily Telegraph</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Pre-Raphaelites+for+a+new+generation%3A+Letters%2C+17+June%3A+Pre-Raphaelite+revival&rft.date=2009-06-17&rft.aulast=Simpson&rft.aufirst=Eileen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fcomment%2Fletters%2F5552131%2FPre-Raphaelites-for-a-new-generation.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magic+Circle+%28Waterhouse+paintings%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDorment2009" class="citation cs2">Dorment, Richard (29 June 2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/5688056/Waterhouse-the-modern-Pre-Raphaelite-at-the-Royal-Academy-review.html">"Waterhouse: The modern Pre-Raphaelite, at the Royal Academy – review"</a>, <i>The Daily Telegraph</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Waterhouse%3A+The+modern+Pre-Raphaelite%2C+at+the+Royal+Academy+%E2%80%93+review&rft.date=2009-06-29&rft.aulast=Dorment&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fart%2Fart-reviews%2F5688056%2FWaterhouse-the-modern-Pre-Raphaelite-at-the-Royal-Academy-review.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Magic+Circle+%28Waterhouse+paintings%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span 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Invidiosa</a></i> (1892)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott_Looking_at_Lancelot" title="The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot">The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot</a></i> (1894)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ophelia_(John_William_Waterhouse)" title="Ophelia (John William Waterhouse)">Ophelia</a></i> (1894)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hylas_and_the_Nymphs_(painting)" title="Hylas and the Nymphs (painting)">Hylas and the Nymphs</a></i> (1896)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pandora_(painting)" title="Pandora (painting)">Pandora</a></i> (1896)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mariana_in_the_South_(1897)" title="Mariana in the South (1897)">Mariana in the South</a></i> (1897)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Siren_(Waterhouse_painting)" title="The Siren (Waterhouse painting)">The Siren</a></i> (c. 1900)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Ball_(painting)" title="The Crystal Ball (painting)">The Crystal Ball</a></i> (1902)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boreas_(painting)" title="Boreas (painting)">Boreas</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Echo_and_Narcissus_(Waterhouse_painting)" title="Echo and Narcissus (Waterhouse painting)">Echo and Narcissus</a></i> (1903)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_and_Medea_(painting)" title="Jason and Medea (painting)">Jason and Medea</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gather_Ye_Rosebuds_While_Ye_May_(Waterhouse_painting_1908)" title="Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (Waterhouse painting 1908)"><i>Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May</i></a> (1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gather_Ye_Rosebuds_While_Ye_May_(Waterhouse_painting_1909)" title="Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (Waterhouse painting 1909)"><i>Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May</i></a> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sorceress_(Waterhouse)" title="The Sorceress (Waterhouse)">The Sorceress</a></i> (1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Half-Sick_of_Shadows,_Said_the_Lady_of_Shalott" title="I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott">I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said 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Everett Millais">John Everett Millais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti" title="Dante Gabriel Rossetti">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Collinson" title="James Collinson">James Collinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Michael_Rossetti" title="William Michael Rossetti">William Michael Rossetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_George_Stephens" title="Frederic George Stephens">Frederic George Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Woolner" title="Thomas Woolner">Thomas Woolner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Associated <br />artists and <br />figures</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema" title="Lawrence Alma-Tadema">Lawrence Alma-Tadema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Price_Boyce" title="George Price Boyce">George Price Boyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brett_(artist)" title="John Brett (artist)">John Brett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Madox_Brown" title="Ford Madox Brown">Ford Madox Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Madox_Brown" title="Lucy Madox Brown">Lucy Madox Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burchett" title="Richard Burchett">Richard Burchett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones" title="Edward Burne-Jones">Edward Burne-Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgiana_Burne-Jones" title="Georgiana Burne-Jones">Georgiana Burne-Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Campbell_(artist)" title="James Campbell (artist)">James Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Collier_(painter)" title="John Collier (painter)">John Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Allston_Collins" title="Charles Allston Collins">Charles Allston Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cadogan_Cowper" title="Frank Cadogan Cowper">Frank Cadogan Cowper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_De_Morgan" title="Evelyn De Morgan">Evelyn De Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Deverell" title="Walter Deverell">Walter Deverell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Treffry_Dunn" title="Henry Treffry Dunn">Henry Treffry Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Dyce" title="William Dyce">William Dyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holiday" title="Henry Holiday">Henry Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hughes_(artist)" title="Arthur Hughes (artist)">Arthur Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Robert_Hughes" title="Edward Robert Hughes">Edward Robert Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Leighton" title="Frederic Leighton">Frederic Leighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Braithwaite_Martineau" title="Robert Braithwaite Martineau">Robert Braithwaite Martineau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Beresford,_Marchioness_of_Waterford" title="Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford">Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris">William Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Munro_(sculptor)" title="Alexander Munro (sculptor)">Alexander Munro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Noel_Paton" title="Joseph Noel Paton">Joseph Noel Paton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Cameron_Prinsep" title="Valentine Cameron Prinsep">Valentine Cameron Prinsep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christina_Rossetti" title="Christina Rossetti">Christina Rossetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruskin" title="John Ruskin">John Ruskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Sandys" title="Emma Sandys">Emma Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Sandys" title="Frederick Sandys">Frederick Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Seddon" title="Thomas Seddon">Thomas Seddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal" title="Elizabeth Siddal">Elizabeth Siddal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Smetham" title="James Smetham">James Smetham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Solomon" title="Rebecca Solomon">Rebecca Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Solomon" title="Simeon Solomon">Simeon Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roddam_Spencer_Stanhope" title="John Roddam Spencer Stanhope">John Roddam Spencer Stanhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Spartali_Stillman" title="Marie Spartali Stillman">Marie Spartali Stillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Melhuish_Strudwick" title="John Melhuish Strudwick">John Melhuish Strudwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne" title="Algernon Charles Swinburne">Algernon Charles Swinburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wallis" title="Henry Wallis">Henry Wallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse" title="John William Waterhouse">John William Waterhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_James_Webbe" title="William James Webbe">William James Webbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lindsay_Windus" title="William Lindsay Windus">William Lindsay Windus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Some <br />well-known <br />works<br /><span class="nobold">(period and <br />post-period)</span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ophelia_(painting)" title="Ophelia (painting)">Ophelia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christ_in_the_House_of_His_Parents" title="Christ in the House of His Parents">Christ in the House of His Parents</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Converted_British_Family_Sheltering_a_Christian_Missionary_from_the_Persecution_of_the_Druids" title="A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids">A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_Ancilla_Domini" title="Ecce Ancilla Domini">Ecce Ancilla Domini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mariana_(Millais)" title="Mariana (Millais)">Mariana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)" title="The Light of the World (painting)">The Light of the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_English_Coasts" title="Our English Coasts">Our English Coasts ('Strayed Sheep')</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scapegoat_(painting)" title="The Scapegoat (painting)">The Scapegoat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paolo_and_Francesca_da_Rimini" title="Paolo and Francesca da Rimini">Paolo and Francesca da Rimini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_England_(painting)" title="The Last of England (painting)">The Last of England</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Work_(painting)" title="Work (painting)">Work</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Awakening_Conscience" title="The Awakening Conscience">The Awakening Conscience</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hireling_Shepherd" title="The Hireling Shepherd">The Hireling Shepherd</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/April_Love_(painting)" title="April Love (painting)">April Love</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Found_(Rossetti)" title="Found (Rossetti)">Found</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(painting)" title="Autumn Leaves (painting)">Autumn Leaves</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bocca_Baciata" title="Bocca Baciata">Bocca Baciata</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Union_murals" title="Oxford Union murals">Oxford Union murals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Lilith" title="Lady Lilith">Lady Lilith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roman_Widow_(Rossetti)" title="Roman Widow (Rossetti)">Roman Widow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene_(Sandys)" title="Mary Magdalene (Sandys)">Mary Magdalene</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Finding_of_the_Saviour_in_the_Temple" title="The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple">The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay_(painting)" title="Morgan le Fay (painting)">Morgan le Fay</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beata_Beatrix" title="Beata Beatrix">Beata Beatrix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Death" title="The Shadow of Death">The Shadow of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Proserpine_(Rossetti)" title="Proserpine (Rossetti)">Proserpine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Vision_of_Fiammetta" title="A Vision of Fiammetta">A Vision of Fiammetta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pygmalion_and_the_Image_series" title="Pygmalion and the Image series">Pygmalion and the Image series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beloved_(Rossetti)" title="The Beloved (Rossetti)">The Beloved</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cymon_and_Iphigenia_(Leighton_painting)" title="Cymon and Iphigenia (Leighton painting)">Cymon and Iphigenia</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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Roses of Heliogabalus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lilith_(painting)" title="Lilith (painting)">Lilith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eos_(painting)" title="Eos (painting)">Eos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flaming_June" title="Flaming June">Flaming June</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hope_(Burne-Jones)" title="Hope (Burne-Jones)">Hope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hylas_and_the_Nymphs_(painting)" title="Hylas and the Nymphs (painting)">Hylas and the Nymphs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Godiva_(painting)" title="Lady Godiva (painting)">Lady Godiva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Potion" title="The Love Potion">The Love Potion</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott_(William_Holman_Hunt)" title="The Lady of Shalott (William Holman Hunt)"><i>The Lady of Shalott</i> (Hunt)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Half-Sick_of_Shadows,_Said_the_Lady_of_Shalott" title="I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott">I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Models</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal" title="Elizabeth Siddal">Elizabeth Siddal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanny_Cornforth" title="Fanny Cornforth">Fanny Cornforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effie_Gray" title="Effie Gray">Effie Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Gray" title="Sophie Gray">Sophie Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Miller" title="Annie Miller">Annie Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Morris" title="Jane Morris">Jane Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Spartali_Stillman" title="Marie Spartali Stillman">Marie Spartali Stillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexa_Wilding" title="Alexa Wilding">Alexa Wilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Zambaco" title="Maria Zambaco">Maria Zambaco</a></li> <li><a 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