A mermaid by John William Waterhouse 1900 CC1005 Postcard


Postcard inspired by one of Waterhouse's most popular paintings, A mermaid, 1900. As with several of Waterhouse's works, A mermaid is thought to be inspired by a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, The mermaid (1830). The poem includes the lines: Who would be A mermaid fair, Singing alone, Combing her hair.