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Sculpture commemorates 16th century drowning that inspired Shakespeare
Figure of woman on her back underwater draws inspiration from Hamlet’s Ophelia and death of senior Tudor judge
Next week, that Tudor tragedy will be commemorated with the formal unveiling of a sculpture that has been installed under the waters of the Stour in Canterbury, close to where Hales took his life 470 years ago, inspired by his story and that of Shakespeare’s tragic heroine. After another of his installations in the river became damaged and required repair, Taylor became aware of the connection between the Stour, Hales and Shakespeare after reading a blogpost about the case by Amy Licence, a historian who lives locally. Photograph: c/o Jason Decaires TaylorHis recycled glass sculpture, a figure of a woman lying on her back while her flower-strewn dress floats around her, also deliberately evokes Sir John Everett Millais’s famous painting.
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