The Story of Ophelia - The Tate Gallery and Hogsmill River

Launching Elizabeth Siddal's fame as the star face of early Pre-Raphaelite art, Millais's masterpiece Ophelia is one of Britain's most popular paintings. The Tate Gallery provides some interesting facts behind its composition: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-ophelia-n01506/story-ophelia.

Ophelia Head Study 1852 John Everett  Millias
Creative Commons Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0

The location for Ophelia's drowning has been identified in Ewell, Surrey as: Hogsmill River, specifically Six Acre Meadow on the west bank: https://www.kingstononline.co.uk/ophelia-john-everett-millais-painted-hogsmill-river-1851. Twenty-two year old Millais painted the landscape over the course of five months, and then later worked on the figure of Ophelia in his studio in Gower Street - where Elizabeth famously floated in an ever increasing icy bath  for hours leading to a serious illness.

   Thought to be site where Millais's Ophelia drowns - Hogsmill River.