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Echo and Narcissus

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Original – John 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

• Support as nominator – SagaciousPhil - Chat 11:34, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support - bit baffled that we don't have more of his works... he is a great artist with a huge production . Hafspajen (talk) 11:57, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Ophelia (1894)<sup>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</sup>

• Support - anything by Waterhouse is good, and this looks fine. Nathanielfirst (talk) 10:53, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support - SchroCat (talk) 12:50, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Intriguing work from a very intriguing artist, with whom I had not been familiar. Like his Ophelia paintings, too. (Oops!) Sca (talk) 19:03, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

• Quite so, mysterious stranger. Hafspajen (talk) 17:55, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support Echo is wondering why he isn't looking at her :) Brandmeister^talk 21:35, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

• _{^{Because he is a pompous ass. She should have realized that she would be better of without him, Brad. Just look at him, he can't get out of that blasted water....Hafspajen (talk) 09:42, 3 March 2015 (UTC)}}

• What? Did you say something, Haffy? Sca (talk) 22:45, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

• ^{Eh, you are just playing games. You just corrected ass.} Hafspajen (talk) 22:48, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

• _{^{Shhhh! Sca (talk)}}

• ^{What did you say?? You whisper so terrible ... Hafspajen (talk) 23:05, 3 March 2015 (UTC)}

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