catonhottinroof:Kate Eadie (1880 - 1945)Fair Rosamond, 1920[The subject is taken from Tennyson’s A D
catonhottinroof:Kate Eadie (1880 - 1945)Fair Rosamond, 1920[The subject is taken from Tennyson’s A Dream of Fair Women, which tells the story of illustrious women who came to unfortunately ends. A popular subject for Pre-Raphaelite artists, Fair Rosamund, one of the great beauties of history, was the mistress of Henry II. The king kept her hidden in a maze in his park in Woodstock, Oxfordshire until his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, discovered her and forced her to choose between the dagger or a bowl of poison.] -- source link