‘Man dies, nor is there hope in dust’

Alfred Garth Jones

1901

Wood engraving

5¼ x 3¼ inches

Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam, facing p. 36

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In strict accordance with Tennyson, Jones personifies abstract forces, with Death symbolized by the figure of an old man and love as a weeping cherub who seeks comfort.

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