"Fair Elaine", 1874
Artist: Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848–1917)

🔥 Elaine of Astolat, from Arthurian legend, died of unrequited love for Lancelot. After he’s wounded in a tournament, she nurses him back to health. When he leaves, refusing her love but offering support for her future husband, heartbroken Elaine dies ten days later. She arranges her funeral: placed on a bier with a letter, set adrift down the river to Camelot. The letter, read before King Arthur’s court, declares her love, requests burial, and a mass for her soul.

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