Ophelia is an oil on canvas painting. It was painted by Sir John Everett Millais in 1851-1852. This is a victorian masterpiece. It is located in Tate Britain Museum in London. This is a painting of the moment after Hamlet kills Ophelia's father and she is letting herself drown. Shakespeare has described the scenery and Millais expands on the botanical setting. Millais uses Elizabeth Sittle lying in a bathtub wearing a dress to make sure he got all right crinkles and that the dress would float above water right. According to Millais her dress kept her afloat for a while. The painting is an incense representation of Shakespeare's plays.
In the victorian era it was typical for people to paint scenes from shakespeare plays but this painting was
In the victorian era it was typical for people to paint scenes from shakespeare plays but this painting was