The painting 'A Mermaid' is a beautifully detailed painting of a mermaid combing her hair while looking at herself in the mirror. The way Waterhouse paints the light on her face and her wet hair makes this painting an absolute delight to look at. Waterhouse's ‘The Lady of Shallot', a Victorian painting depicting the popular legend of the ‘Lady of the Lake', who is most well known from Tennyson's poem. This gave rise to an entire genre of literary works and by the turn of the century operas, ballets and musical works on this theme.
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