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OriginalJohn William Waterhouse's 1903 painting of the classic mythology poem Echo and Narcissus; Echo loves the handsome Narcissus who rejects her and loves only his own reflection. The beautiful nymph fades away until only the whisper of her once beautiful voice is left. Waterhouse, mythology, Google Art scan - of course I'm going to nominate this delightful illustration!
Reason
Lovely scan from Google Art Project of charming painting by John William Waterhouse; good EV with it's own article that I hope to expand a little bit more soon.
Articles in which this image appears
Echo and Narcissus (Waterhouse painting) a presently stubby article on the painting; John William Waterhouse the artist; Echo and Narcissus, the article about the poem; Walker Art Gallery, where it is held; and Narcissus (plant).
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
John William Waterhouse
Ophelia (1894)was a dainty little maid
Who loved a very melancholy Dane
Whose affection of the heart, so it is said,
Preceded his affection of the brain.
Heir apparent to the Crown,
He thought lightly of her passion.
Having wandered up and down
In an incoherent fashion
When she found he wouldn't wed her,
In a river, in a medder,
Took a header, and a deader
Was Ophelia.

Ophelia to her sex was a disgrace,
Whom nobody could feel compassion for.
Ophelia should have gone to Ely Place
To consult an eminent solicitor.
When such promises as these
Breaks a suitor, rich and regal,
Why, substantial damages
Is the panacea legal -
From a jury - sons of Adam,
Though as stony as Macadam,
Maid or madam, she'd have had 'em
Would Ophelia

-The Mountebanks

Promoted File:John William Waterhouse - Echo and Narcissus - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:35, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]