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| Alexander Fisher Portrait of Nina Cust ca. 1890 enamel National Trust, Belton House, Lincolnshire |
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| John Gilbert Onward 1890 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Annie Louisa Swynnerton Cupid and Psyche 1890 oil on canvas Gallery Oldham, Manchester |
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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec La Toilette (Celle qui se peigne) 1891 oil on board Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Sonnet
I shall forget you presently, my dear,
So make the most of this, your little day,
Your little month, your little half a year,
Ere I forget, or die, or move away,
And we are done forever; by and by
I shall forget you, as I said, but now,
If you entreat me with your loveliest lie
I will protect you with my favorite vow.
I would indeed that love were longer-lived,
And vows were not so brittle as they are,
But so it is, and nature has contrived
To struggle on without a break thus far –
Whether or not we find what we are seeking
Is idle, biologically speaking.
– Edna St. Vincent Millay (1920)
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| John William Godward The Betrothal 1892 oil on canvas Guildhall Art Gallery, London |
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| Briton Rivière Dead Hector 1892 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| George Frederic Watts A Greek Idyll 1894 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Frederic Leighton Fatidica 1894 oil on canvas Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Henry Tonks The Torn Gown ca. 1895 oil on canvas Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire |
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| Louie Burrell Académie ca. 1895 oil on canvas Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Hertfordshire |
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| Kate Ethel Cowderoy Académie ca. 1895 oil on canvas Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Hertfordshire |
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| Harold Knight Académie ca. 1896 oil on canvas Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery |
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| John Macallan Swan Orpheus 1896 oil on canvas Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| William Orpen Académie 1899 oil on canvas University College London Art Museum |
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| Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Time the Physician ca. 1899 oil on panel Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |