Juliet, 1877 (oil on canvas)

Juliet, one of the world's most famous and tragic lovers, appears here on the moonlit balcony of her house in the well known scene from Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet'. Act II, Scene II : Oh Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo .....’Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself though, not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O! be some other name: What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; so Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,