Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1868.

[1][2] They were ambitious works, as by the mid-19th century, nude paintings had largely lost popularity in English art.

[1] The next year, the paintings were exhibited at the Manchester Institution, but were met with accusations of impropriety.

[2][3] The 1867 exhibition of George F. Watts' Thetis and Leighton's Venus Disrobing for the Bath initiated the renaissance of nudes in English painting.

[3] After being elected Royal Academician in 1868,[1][3] Leighton painted Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore and exhibited it that same year.