"Circle-wise sit they" by John Liston Byam Shaw, RI AWRS 1872-1919. Before 1899. [Larger image] Source: The Studio. Scanned image and text by George P. Landow [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you link to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.]
Byam Shaw's title identifies his painting as an illustration of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poem, "The Blessed Damozel" (text), a work that Rossetti himself illustrated in one of his most famous paintings.
References
The Studio. 14 (1897): 208.
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