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If imitation is the greatest form of flattery then the photographer who took the photo below "Lady in a Rowboat"; U.S. c.1918 may have been under the influence of Waterhouse's "Lady of Shalott" (1888) seen above. Waterhouse, in turn, was influenced by Tennyson's poem "Lady of Shalott" (1833) and so it goes. Understanding history is all about seeing and understanding connections. In photography, we see an image which calls to our unconscious memories. Clearly, "Lady of Shalott" is the masterpiece, but who is to say that a photographer in 1918 did not try to recapture the essence of the lady in the rowboat with her expression and long hair as an homage to Waterhouse?
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