Love’s Passing (1883-1884)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919)

Love’s Passing
18831884
Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 109.8 cm
De Morgan Collection

The open book shows a passage from Latin poet Tibullus‘s ‘Elegy‘, where the writer imagines dying in his lover’s arms and considers her grief at his funeral.

See also:

• Tibullus (c.54 BC-c.19 BC)