All Resolutions
The life still there, upon her hair—the death upon her eyes.
Artist
- Name:
- Pickersgill, Frederick Richard
- Dates:
- 1820-1900
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Linton, William James
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe
- Author(s):
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Publisher:
- New York: J.S. Redfield, 1858
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A young woman is sitting in an armchair with a book on her lap and leaning her head on a pillow placed against the wall at her side. She looks like she’s sleeping, although the butterfly above her head suggests her departing soul.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, book, death, sleeping
