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| attributed to Rafael Tegeo Diaz Portrait of an unknown woman 19th century oil on canvas Prado, Madrid |
"I gave up before birth, it is not possible otherwise, but birth there had to be, it was he, I was inside, that's how I see it, it was he who wailed, he who saw the light, I didn't wail, I didn't see the light, it's impossible I should have a voice, impossible I should have thoughts, and I speak and think, I do the impossible, it is not possible otherwise, it was he who had a life, I didn't have a life, a life not worth having, because of me, he'll do himself to death, because of me, I'll tell the tale, the tale of his death, the end of his life and his death, his death alone would not be enough, not enough for me, if he rattles it's he who will rattle, I won't rattle, he who will die, I won't die, perhaps they will bury him, if they find him, I'll be inside, it is not possible otherwise, that's how I see it, the end of his life and his death, how he will go about it, go about coming to an end, it's impossible I should know, I'll know, step by step, impossible I should tell, I'll tell, in the present, there will be no more talk of me, only of him, of the end of his life and his death, of his burial if they find him, that will be the end, I won't go on about worms ... "
– Samuel Beckett, from Fizzle 4 (1976) in The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (New York : Grove Press, 1995)
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| Eugène Delacroix Cavalier 19th century watercolor British Museum (formerly owned by Edgar Degas) |
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| Eugène Delacroix Coachman 19th century watercolor Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Eugène Delacroix Madame Henri François Riesener 1835 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Théodore Chassériau Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg 1841 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jacques Louis David Portrait of the sisters Zénaïde & Charlotte Bonaparte 1821 oil on canvas Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Jacques Louis David Portrait of General Étienne Maurice Gérard, Marshal of France 1816 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| George Dawe Portrait of Charlotte, Empress of Russia, with her children ca. 1821 oil on canvas State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
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| Joseph Severn miniature portrait of John Keats early 19th century oil on ivory National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Adolphe Félix Cals Portrait of a man 19th century drawing Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Thomas Lawrence Portrait of the Honorable Caroline Upton ca. 1800 oil on canvas Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| François Gérard Portrait of Mme Talleyrand-Périgord ca. 1804 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| François Gérard Portrait of Prince Talleyrand-Périgord 1808 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Vicente López Portaña Portrait of Goya at age eighty 1826 oil on canvas Prado, Madrid |