Portrait of Charles Hay Cameron, William Warder, Mrs. Hardinge, and an unidentified man and woman, in costume and posing as the characters from the accompanying Alfred, Lord Tennyson poems titled "Lancelot and Elaine". The body of Elaine lies on a bed surrounded by Merlin, King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot. King Arthur holds a letter in his hands and looks down to read it.