List of paintings by John William Waterhouse explained

This is a list of the paintings by the British Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse.

1870s

Image Name Year Current Location Ref
The Slave 1872private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175530/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=4273
Undine 1872location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175447/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=2528
Gone, But Not Forgotten 1873private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912152256/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=2530
1873Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Burnleyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912180148/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1337
In the Peristyle 1874Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdalehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915121309/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1339
La Fileuse 1874private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175012/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1428
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death 1874private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912152246/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1338
Miranda 1875private collection (assumed)https://johnwilliamwaterhouse.home.blog/2019/05/08/miranda/
Two Little Italian Girls by a Village private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915094748/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1347
Portrait of a Young Woman private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070908043832/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting4265.aspx
After the Dance 1876private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912180030/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1429
A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius 1877private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912124144/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1475
The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother 1878private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070914193346/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1430
Dolce Far Niente or The White Feather Fan 1879private collection (assumed)https://web.archive.org/web/20071011155501/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1490
Offerings 1879private collectionhttps://johnwilliamwaterhouse.home.blog/2019/08/08/offerings/

1880s

Image Name Year Current Location Ref
A Flower Stall 1880Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tynehttps://archive.today/20070912175338/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1352
Dolce Far Niente1880Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Kirkcaldy, Scotlandhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060717121017/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1340.aspx
The Household Gods Private collection https://web.archive.org/web/20060712183524/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1466.aspx
Diogenes 1882Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydneyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011154250/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1343
Summer private collection (assumed)https://web.archive.org/web/20070915094700/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3429
The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius 1883Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaidehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070611101507/http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1663
Consulting the Oracle 1884Tate, Londonhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/waterhouse-consulting-the-oracle-n01541
or Winding the Distaff 1884current location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175552/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=2840
Good Neighbours 1885Also known as Gossip or The Gossips or Washing Day. Unknown locationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070914193620/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1458
Saint Eulalia 1885Tate, Londonhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/waterhouse-saint-eulalia-n01542
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse Sheffield City Art Galleries, Sheffieldhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915120906/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3418
Resting private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915204457/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1465
A Flower Market, Old Rome1886private collectionhttps://archive.today/20070912174724/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1353
The Magic Circle 1886Tate, Londonhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/waterhouse-the-magic-circle-n01572
The Magic Circle 1886private collectionhttps://johnwilliamwaterhouse.home.blog/2019/05/17/the-magic-circle-study/
The Magic Circle study private collectionhttps://johnwilliamwaterhouse.home.blog/2019/05/17/the-magic-circle-study/
Mariamne leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod1887Forbes Magazine Collection, New Yorkhttps://johnwilliamwaterhouse.home.blog/2019/04/17/mariamne-leaving-the-judgement-seat-of-herod/
Cleopatra 1888private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175607/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=2105
The Lady of Shalott 1888Tate, Londonhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/waterhouse-the-lady-of-shalott-n01543
Ophelia 1889collection of Andrew Lloyd Webberhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155743/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3419

1890s

Image Name Year Current Location Ref
A Roman Offering unknown locationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070914172642/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1469
The Orange Gatherers private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060722111426/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1431.aspx
Flora private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174709/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1356
At Capri or Alfresco Toilet at Capri or The Toilet1890Location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060717121108/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1354.aspx
Arranging Flowers location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915121820/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1355
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 1891Gallery Oldham, UKhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912151959/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1363
Flora 1891location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912152149/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3422
Ulysses and the Sirens 1891National Gallery of Victoria, Melbournehttps://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/4457/
Circe Invidiosa 1892Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaidehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070611102417/http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=246
The MermanPrivate collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060718235305/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting4056.aspx
Danaë 1892stolen - location unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20070912152230/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1366
A Hamadryad 1893Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, UKhttps://johnwilliamwaterhouse.home.blog/2019/08/18/hamadryad/
Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174808/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1451
A Naiad 1893private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174340/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1359
La Belle Dame Sans Merci 1893Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germanyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060717121145/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1365.aspx
Ophelia 1894private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011153005/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1380
The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot 1894Leeds Art Gallery, UKhttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-lady-of-shalott-38481
Field Flowers 1894location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060718082923/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting2245.aspx
Mrs. Charles Newton-Robinson 1894location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915181808/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=4272
Phyllis, younger daughter of E A Waterlow, Esq 1895private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915094506/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1370
St Cecilia 1895collection of Andrew Lloyd Webberhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912152307/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1367
The Shrine 1895private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155451/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1383
Hylas and the Nymphs 1896Manchester City Art Gallery, UK https://manchesterartgallery.org/explore/title/?mag-object-190
Pandora 1896private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060719165446/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1384.aspx
Mariana in the South private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070916021625/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1374
Ariadne 1898private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912124028/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1378
Flora and the Zephyrs 1898private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011153012/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3421
Juliet 1898private collectionhttps://archive.today/20070610090217/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1390
Portrait of Miss Claire KenworthyPrivate collectionhttps://www.wikiart.org/en/john-william-waterhouse/portrait-of-miss-claire-kenworthy

1900s

Image Name Year Current Location Ref
The Awakening of Adonis private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915120937/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1387
Spring (The Flower Picker) private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011143613/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=4252
The Siren private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915094605/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1393
A Mermaid 1900Royal Academy of Arts, Londonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070914193425/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1391
Destiny 1900Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Burnley, UKhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155853/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1388
Miss Margaret Henderson 1900private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915121015/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1369
Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus1900private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070916110049/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1392
The Lady Clare 1900private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915121127/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1389
The Crystal Ball 1902private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155456/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1395
The Missal 1902location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174637/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3420
Boreas 1903private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011154326/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1460
Echo and Narcissus 1903Walker Art Gallery, Liverpoolhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070322174404/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/20c/waterhouse.asp
Psyche Opening the Golden Box 1903private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070914193335/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1398
Windflowers 1903private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071012224408/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1438
Danaïdes 1904private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175631/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1476
Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid's Garden 1904Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UKhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070914193613/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1400
Lamia and the Soldier 1905private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912152015/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1381
Lamia and the Soldier1905Auckland Art Gallery
The Danaïdes 1906Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland https://web.archive.org/web/20070912174714/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1403
Lady Violet Henderson1907Private collectionhttps://www.wikiart.org/en/john-william-waterhouse/lady-violet-henderson-1907
Isabella and the Pot of Basil1907Private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060720000136/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1406.aspx
Jason and Medea 1907private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155737/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1405
Phyllis and Demophoön 1907location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174657/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1407
Apollo and Daphne 1908private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912151834/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1412
The Bouquet c. 1908Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwallhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060721085644/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1478.aspx
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May 1908private collectionhttps://archive.today/20070610090217/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3428
The Soul of the Rose 1908private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060720000149/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1474.aspx
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May 1909Odon Wagner Gallery, Torontohttps://web.archive.org/web/20070306224638/http://www.odonwagnergallery.com/John_William_Waterhouse_gather_ye_rosebuds.htm
Lamia 1909private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175328/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1382
Mrs A. P. Henderson 1909private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915204419/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=2550
Thisbe 1909private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155855/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1416
Veronica 1909private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060717221038/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting3414.aspx
The Necklace private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060719165500/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1408.aspx
Woman Picking Flowers private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060719165553/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1454.aspx

1910s

Image Name Year Current Location Ref
Portrait of a Girl1910https://web.archive.org/web/20060720104554/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting4259.aspx
Ophelia 1910private collectionhttps://archive.today/20070610090217/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1426
Spring Spreads One Green Lap of Flowers 1910location unknownhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912180047/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=4195
Circe (The Sorceress) 1911private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174905/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1413
Circe (The Sorceress) 1911-1915private collection
Listening to My Sweet Pipings 1911private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912180037/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1410
Miss Betty Pollock 1911private locationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915121259/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1371
The Charmer 1911unknown locationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060720070729/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1409.aspx
Mrs Charles Schreiber1912private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915181744/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=3415
Narcissus 1912private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060719203726/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1411.aspx
Penelope and the Suitors 1912City of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection, Aberdeenhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174443/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1379
Sweet Summer 1912private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915094006/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1468
The Annunciation 1914private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174557/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1423
The Love Philtre 1914private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175730/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1461
Matilda (formerly Beatrice)1915Private collectionhttps://www.wikiart.org/en/john-william-waterhouse/beatrice-1915
A Tale from the Decameron 1916Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpoolhttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-decameron-117871https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/transcript-of-decameron-and-enchanted-garden-podcast
I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott 1916Art Gallery of Ontario, Torontohttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011154308/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1420
Miranda - The Tempest 1916private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912180042/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1446
The Enchanted Garden 1916Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpoolhttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-enchanted-garden-102703https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/transcript-of-decameron-and-enchanted-garden-podcast
Tristan and Isolde with the Potion private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912124015/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1447
Fair Rosamund 1917private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912152344/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1449
Camellias private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070915094329/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1441
The Rose Bower private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060719165434/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1440.aspx
Vanityprivate collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070916082759/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1439
Circe private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912174735/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=2246
Maidens picking Flowers by a Stream private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060720230156/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/painting1443.aspx
A Song of Springtime private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912124313/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1414
The Mystic Wood Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbanehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070916022108/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=4055
Dante and Beatrice (or Dante and Matilda) Dahesh Museum, New Yorkhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070912175942/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1444
Gathering Almond Blossoms private collectionhttps://archive.today/20070610090217/http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=1448
Tristan and Isolde private collectionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071011155900/http://johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/paintings/default.aspx?pid=4270

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