Götz Kluge has posted:
[left]: Henry Holiday's back cover illustration (1876) to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark.
[right]: Allegorical English School painting (ca. 1610, redrawn, color desaturated and rearranged 2013) of Queen Elizabeth I at Old Age with allegory of Death and Father Time.
(Location of original painting: Corsham Court, EAN-Number: 4050356835081)
www.corsham-court.co.uk/Pictures/Commentary.html: "This portrait of Elizabeth I illustrates the difficulties she encountered during her troubled reign. For example, conflict between Protestants and Catholics was rife and the re-drafting of the Book of Common Prayer (held in her left hand) was a sensitive issue of the time."
Changes of lower segment: Shifted mirror view
[inset]: The Bellman, detail from Henry Holiday's front cover illustration (1876) to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark.
[right]: Allegorical English School painting (ca. 1610, redrawn, color desaturated and rearranged 2013) of Queen Elizabeth I at Old Age with allegory of Death and Father Time.
(Location of original painting: Corsham Court, EAN-Number: 4050356835081)
www.corsham-court.co.uk/Pictures/Commentary.html: "This portrait of Elizabeth I illustrates the difficulties she encountered during her troubled reign. For example, conflict between Protestants and Catholics was rife and the re-drafting of the Book of Common Prayer (held in her left hand) was a sensitive issue of the time."
Changes of lower segment: Shifted mirror view
[inset]: The Bellman, detail from Henry Holiday's front cover illustration (1876) to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark.