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Ophelia
Oil on canvas (1851–1852) by John Everett Millais. Tate Britain, London. Depicts the drowning of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act IV, Scene 7), with meticulous plein-air botanical detail and model Elizabeth Siddal posing in a bath.
Scholarly Significance
Most iconic Pre-Raphaelite painting and canonical demonstration of plein-air naturalism and literary programme.