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Description: | This painting illustrates a scene from Sir Walter Scott's ballad 'The Lady of the Lake'. The heroine, Ellen Douglas, stands on the left in a white dress. Her father, Chief of the Clan Douglas, is separating the two rivals who wish to marry her - Roderick Dhu and Graeme Malcolm. Sir Walter Scott's novels and poems were popular sources of subjects for 19th century artists. Alexander Johnston was a Scottish artist who painted many historical scenes. He exhibited this painting at the Royal Academy, London in 1849. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East art movement artists oil paintings animals art men natural world women | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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