John William Waterhouse · 1900
A Mermaid
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A young mermaid combing out her long hair on a moonlit rock, treasure spilling from a shell at her side. Royal Academy of Arts.
Up to 16 × 24 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of A Mermaid
A Mermaid is a 1900 oil painting by the British artist John William Waterhouse. It was inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1830 poem The Mermaid. He produced an oil sketch for the work in 1892. Waterhouse presented it to the Royal Academy of Arts at his diploma work, having been elected to full membership five years earlier. It was displayed at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1901 at Burlington House.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His paintings are known for their depictions of women from ancient Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, and the works of William Shakespeare. A high proportion depict a single young and beautiful woman in a historical costume and setting, though there are some ventures into Orientalist painting and genre painting, still mostly featuring women.
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