Flowers and plants are portrayed in painstaking detail in this Pre-Raphaelite work, including the necklace of violets around the titular literary character as she lies drowning in the river.
A popular anecdote tells how this painting's artist was heavily distracted by two swans as he painted its background while on the banks of the Hogsmill River. Another story describes how Elizabeth Siddall, the model for the title character, caught a cold after posing in a bathtub for hours. Flowers and plants are portrayed in painstaking detail in this Pre-Raphaelite work, including the necklace of violets around the titular literary character as she lies drowning in the river. For 10 points, name this John Millais painting of a female character from Hamlet.
A popular anecdote tells how this painting's artist was heavily distracted by two swans as he painted its background while on the banks of the Hogsmill River.
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