Ophelia
1880
19th Century
8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.3 x 14.3 cm)
Anna Lea Merritt,
English,
(1844–1930)
Object Type:
PRINTS
Creation Place:
Europe
Medium and Support:
Etching
Accession Number:
90-G-3067
Anna Lea Merritt was born in Philadelphia, but spent most of her professional life in England, settling there in 1871. She soon befriended members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, art critic John Ruskin, and Victorian artist George Frederic Watts.
This portrait was executed after an oil painting exhibited at the Royal Academy of London in 1880. Merritt studied inmates at a British a mental facility as well, to try to capture what she viewed as the essence of Shakespeare's Ophelia as performed by the great British actress Ellen Terry, and one-time wife of George Frederick Watts.
Current Location:
In Storage
by Artist
by Artist
