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| Theodor von Holst Sheet of Studies before 1844 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| John Gibson Study of ballet dancer Fanny Cerrito ca. 1845 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| John Gibson Study of ballet dancer Fanny Cerrito ca. 1845 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| John Gibson Teucer shooting Arrows, shielded by Ajax ca. 1850 drawing (illustration to the Iliad) Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| John Gibson Allegory of Love between Beauty and Fortune before 1866 drawing (study for relief sculpture) Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| George Frederic Watts Drapery Studies ca. 1850-60 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| George Frederic Watts Drapery Studies ca. 1852-59 drawing (study for fresco) Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Thomas Uwins Sculptural Casts on a Shelf before 1857 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| William Mulready Design for the Reverse of a Royal Academy Medal (representation of Life Class) 1858 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Frederic, Lord Leighton Drapery Study ca. 1860-70 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Frederic, Lord Leighton Drapery Study ca. 1891 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Alfred Parsons Man reclining under Trees 1872 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| George Clausen Still Life - Sketch of Bibelots ca. 1920 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| George Clausen Sheet of Studies before 1944 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Hugh Casson Sculpture of an Angel at Longford Castle ca. 1975 drawing, with photo attached Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Hugh Casson Statue, Wiltshire ca. 1975 drawing, with photo attached Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Sarah Pickstone after Angelica Kauffmann Study for Allegory of Painting Project 2016 drawing Royal Academy of Arts, London |
Why Fortune is the Empress of the World
The insect born of royalty has Marx
And worker housing as a life; has sex
Or clover honey to his pleasure, as
Have we. The parrot speaks. All use: the ant
The aphid and the crocodile the bird.
What then is human wholly? Is it heart?
Fidelity exists in any dog.
Good Doctor who have found your Missing Link,
On your return what will you have him be?
Free agent or a tenant in a cage?
A simple test will serve. It more or less
Is this: can he be taught a game of chance?
It is not possible, you must agree,
To think of animals as gambling. Odds,
Except for us, do not exist. An ape
Assumes always his jump will reach the limb.
For all his skill, he cannot cut his loss.
We, on the other hand, at our most threatened
Turn instinctively . . . to Reason? No.
To Fortune, as a mindlessness of mind.
The random that we create creates us.
In overcrowded life boats, we draw lots.
– Turner Cassity (1985)