Round 4: Tossup 16

Henry Fuseli adapted a Da Vinci painting of Leda and the Swan for a painting of this author’s characters, which was commissioned by John Boydell for a gallery named after this author. A painting by (10[1])James Northcote shows Ira Aldridge in character as one of this author’s characters. A painting of one of this author’s characters caused its model, Elizabeth Siddal, to contract a severe cold. (10[1])That painting (10[1])of one of this author’s characters was painted on the banks (10[1])of the Hogsmill River, (10[1])and (10[1])shows that character dressed in a heavy brocade dress gazing upwards before her suicide. (10[1])For 10 points, what author did John Everett Millais use as inspiration for his 1852 painting Ophelia? ■END■ (10[1])

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