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| Keywords: Sophie Anderson - Elaine - Google Art Project.jpg This painting is based on a poem by Lord Tennyson It tells the tale of Elaine an innocent country girl who falls in love with Sir Lancelot He abandons her in favour of Queen Guinevere and she dies from unrequited love Anderson ™s picture depicts a servant rowing Elaine ™s body to King Arthur ™s palace at Camelot Anderson was born in Paris and studied there under the Russian artist Baron Charles de Steuben Her art education was cut short when her family moved to America in 1848 From then on she was self-taught In 1871 Liverpool held its first Autumn Exhibition 'Elaine' was purchased for the town and became the first work by a female artist to enter the Walker Art Gallery collection This remarkable acquisition indicates the forward-thinking attitude of the first purchase committee oil on canvas Paris France 1823 1903 Sophie Female 424059 Anderson French 1823 - 1903 /collection/walker-art-gallery-liverpool/artwork/elaine-sophie-anderson/412227/ Sophie Anderson /artist/sophie-anderson/4130146/ 4130146 /collection/walker-art-gallery-liverpool/ Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 346008 11/28/2011 4 28 08 PM /collection/walker-art-gallery-liverpool/artwork/elaine-sophie-anderson/412227/ 1870 Tennyson; Elaine; Sir Lancelot; Queen Guinevere; King Arthur ™s; Camelot boat; rowing; death; Sophie Anderson; unrequited love; poem; Gengembre; The Idylls of the King; Arthurian 1584 412227 False 1870 Without frame 3/24/2012 12 52 47 AM WAG 110 http //www liverpoolmuseums org uk/walker/collections/19c/anderson-elaine aspx Walker Art Gallery National Museums Liverpool Purchased from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition in 1871 painting 1870 1880 Camelot subject w155 x h1584 cm 1870 False 1 51479289940828 Object elaine-sophie-anderson Elaine e 155 tag_/_style Tennyson; Elaine; Sir Lancelot; Queen Guinevere; King Arthur ™s; Camelot boat; rowing; death; Sophie Anderson; unrequited love; poem; Gengembre; The Idylls of the King; Arthurian special url_id cAHNQPanXfxpkw PD-old-100-1923 1903 Sophie Gengembre Anderson Google Art Project works by Sophie Anderson Death in art Boats in art The Lady of Shalott | ||||
