Elaine with Lancelot's Shield
by: George Wooliscroft Rhead (Artist) , Louis Rhead (Artist)
from: Idylls of the King: Vivien, Elaine, Enid, Guinevere (P. 54) - 1898
This picture of Elaine illustrates the lines from Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine" idyll:
Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat,
High in her chamber up a tower to the east
Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot . . .
share this page
