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 as Hogsmill River, specifically Six Acre Meadow on the west bank near Old Maldon in Kingston Upon Thames,  : 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, near Old Maldon in Kingston Upon Thames.