'I am half sick of shadows', c1911. Artist: John William Waterhouse

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'I am half sick of shadows', c1911. Illustration of Tennyson's poem of the Arthurian legend, showing the Lady of Shalott bored with her weaving. Beside her is the window she will look through and fall in love with Sir Lancelot. She will die of a broken heart because her love is not returned.

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