On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro’ the field the road runs by
To many-tower’d Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.
The Lady of Shalott (excerpt)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1842
Inspirations: Romanticism; Pre-Raphaelites; Tulipomania (2001), Rembrandt van Rijin (1606-1669).