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.
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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.
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