Elaine with Lancelot's Shield
by
George Wooliscroft & Louis Rhead
Rhead, George Wooliscroft & Louis. "Elaine with Lancelot's Shield" from Tennyson, Alfred. Idylls of the King: Vivien, Elaine, Enid, Guinevere. New York: R. H. Russell, 1898.



This picture of Elaine illustrates the lines from Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine" idyll:

Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat,
High in her chamber up a tower to the east
Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot . .