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Gainsborough's daughters, painted 1774
Mary and Margaret.

Margaret became the nurse and protector of her sister, who suffered from mental health issues. They stayed together until Margaret’s death in 1820.

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@MadocLeonard This should help.

In 1665, Rembrandt painted this portrait of his younger colleague, Gerard de Lairesse.

The sitter suffered from syphilis - which was spreading across Holland at the time - and consented to have the physical manifestations of his disease recorded as a warning.

'Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.'

Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine short story writer

The Flooded City, Shicheng

Uffizi, Florence | Online
A virtual survey of Federico Zuccari’s drawings marks 700 years since Dante’s death

Chinese embroidered panel, 1700s-1800s, silk and gold thread

'Such is hope, Heaven’s own gift to struggling mortals; pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things, both good and bad; as universal as death, and more infectious than disease!'

Dickens.

Painting - G W Watts, 'Hope.'