The Lady of Shalott

I came across a painting on the web, and was blown away by its realism and beauty.

It's called "The Lady of Shalott" and was done by John William Waterhouse in 1888.

The painting was inspired by the poem of the same title, written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. I've included an excerpt of the poem below, which is quite likely the specific portion which is depicted in the painting.

In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale-yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
 Over tower'd Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
 The Lady of Shalott.

And down the river's dim expanse--
Like some bold seër in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance--
With a glassy countenance
 Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
 The Lady of Shalott.

- The Lady of Shalott, Part IV excerpt, Alfred, Lord Tennyson