The Funeral of Shelley, by Louis Edouard Fournier. Shelley - having drowned in a boating accident & washed up on an Italian beach - had to be cremated on the beach due to quarantine rules. The painting contains a few inaccuracies. Byron left early by - bizarrely - sprinting into the waves & swimming out to sea. Mary Shelley - pictured kneeling - didn't actually attend. Shelley's heart was - however - snatched from the flames & given to her. #Romantics #Romanticism #poets #poetry #gothic #history