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| Julia Margaret Cameron The Little Novice and Queen Guinevere in the Holy House of Almsbury 1874 albumen silver print Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Julia Margaret Cameron Lancelot and Guinevere ca. 1873 albumen silver print Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington |
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| Julia Margaret Cameron Queen Henrietta Maria 1874 albumen silver print Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Julia Margaret Cameron St Agnes ca. 1864-65 albumen silver print Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Robert Rooney Portrait of Philip Brophy II and Maria Kozic 1981 C-print Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Robert Rooney Portrait of Paul Taylor 1984 C-print Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Robert Rooney Tumult in the Clouds 1985 synthetic polymer paint on canvas Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Robert Rooney The Art of Illustration 1983 synthetic polymer paint on canvas Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Berthe Morisot Woman and Child in a Meadow at Bougival 1882 oil on canvas National Museum of Wales, Cardiff |
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| Berthe Morisot Girl in Blue 1886 pastel on canvas Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris |
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| Berthe Morisot The Bath ca. 1885-86 oil on canvas Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| Berthe Morisot Young Woman 1871 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
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| Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of an English Woman ca. 1540-43 oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of Robert Cheseman (falconer to Henry VIII) 1533 oil on panel Mauritshuis, The Hague |
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| Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of a Man ca. 1535 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Hans Holbein the Younger Death and the Count ca. 1520 woodcut National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
from Part Five of The Age of Anxiety
Malin caught Quant's eye and they rose to take their leave. As they were getting their hats and coats, Quant sang:
O gifted ghosts, be gone now to affirm
Your dedication; dwell in your choice:
Venus with grace preventing
Requires what she may quicken.
Royal with roses be your resting place,
Balmy the airways, blue the welkin that
Attend your time of passage,
And easy seas assist you.
Malin sang:
Redeem with a clear
Configuration
Of routes and goals
The ages of anguish,
All griefs endured
At the feet of appalling
Fortresses; may
Your dedication; dwell in your choice:
Venus with grace preventing
Requires what she may quicken.
Royal with roses be your resting place,
Balmy the airways, blue the welkin that
Attend your time of passage,
And easy seas assist you.
Malin sang:
Redeem with a clear
Configuration
Of routes and goals
The ages of anguish,
All griefs endured
At the feet of appalling
Fortresses; may
Your present motions
Satisfy all
Their antecedents.
Rosetta went with them to the elevator. As they waited in the corridor for it to come up, Quant went on singing:
Wonder warm you with its wisdom now,
Genial joy rejuvenate your days,
A light of self-translation,
A blessed interior brightness,
Animate also your object world
Till its pure profiles appear again,
Losing their latter vagueness,
Satisfy all
Their antecedents.
Rosetta went with them to the elevator. As they waited in the corridor for it to come up, Quant went on singing:
Wonder warm you with its wisdom now,
Genial joy rejuvenate your days,
A light of self-translation,
A blessed interior brightness,
Animate also your object world
Till its pure profiles appear again,
Losing their latter vagueness,
In the sharp shapes of childhood.
So did Malin as they entered the elevator:
Plumed and potent
Go forth, fulfil
A happy future
And occupy that
Permanent kingdom
Parameters rule,
Loved by infinite
Populations
Of possible cases:
So did Malin as they entered the elevator:
Plumed and potent
Go forth, fulfil
A happy future
And occupy that
Permanent kingdom
Parameters rule,
Loved by infinite
Populations
Of possible cases:
Away. Farewell.
– W.H. Auden (1944-46)