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Death of Elaine, by Thomas Hovenden, 1882.
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Oil on canvas of the illuminated, beautiful Lady Elaine, lying lifeless in her bed, with her mourners gathered around her. From the legends of King Arthur.

Credit: Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Gift of the Mary Marchand Woods Memorial Fund

Death of Elaine, by Thomas Hovenden, 1882. Nineteenth-century Americans were fascinated by stories of death and mourning–especially of a young and beautiful woman.

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