A mermaid by John William Waterhouse 1900 CC1042 Notebook

Notebook inspired by one of Waterhouse's most popular paintings A mermaid 1900. As with several other 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