John William Waterhouse · 1894

Ophelia (1894)

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Waterhouse's Ophelia — auburn hair tangled with poppies, sitting at the river's edge a moment before drowning. Private collection.

Up to 8 × 14 in · portrait

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Ophelia (1894)

John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His paintings are known for their depictions of women from ancient Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, and the works of William Shakespeare. A high proportion depict a single young and beautiful woman in a historical costume and setting, though there are some ventures into Orientalist painting and genre painting, still mostly featuring women.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

John William Waterhouse

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

Ophelia (1894)— questions & answers

›Which Ophelia did Waterhouse paint?

John William Waterhouse painted Ophelia several times; this 1894 version shows her seated at the river's edge, auburn hair tangled with poppies, in the moments before she drowns.

›Can I buy a Waterhouse Ophelia canvas print in the US?

Yes — Chromora prints Waterhouse's Ophelia on museum-quality archival cotton canvas, hand-finished in Ottawa and shipped anywhere in the USA. A single print over $100 USD ships free.

›Is Waterhouse's Ophelia the same as Millais's?

No — this is Waterhouse's 1894 Ophelia at the river's edge. The famous scene of Ophelia floating in the water is a different painting, by John Everett Millais.

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