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the portrait (christabel, portrait of mary prinsep by julia margaret cameron, 1886) on the front of fourth norton critical’s edition of jane eyre looks so much like chappell roan to me …

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the awakening by kate chopin, the song of the lark by willa cather, bruges-la-morte by georges rodenbach & the stillest day by josephine hart || portrait of marguerite khnopff by fernand khnopff (1887, oil on canvas)

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the juniper tree by barbara comyns (nyrb) | spinners by kiki smith (2014, jacquard tapestry with gold leaf & hand painting)

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fair play by tove jansson | the graphic artist, 1975 (oil)

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blush by elizabeth taylor | the back cover says that this painting is avens by audrey johnson, but i can only find two of her other similar paintings, wildflowers in a pink and white gilded mug (left. 1985, oil on board) & bluebells (right. 1981, oil on board)

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old new york by edith wharton (virago modern classics) | l’ambitieuse (political woman) by james tissot, also later known as the reception, 1883-1885 (oil on canvas)

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the vet’s daughter by barbara comyns (virago modern classics) | lilies by walter crane, late 19th century (oil on canvas)

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randall jarrell’s book of stories | holy books in the beit midrash (house of study), mukacevo, ukraine, 1935-1938 by photographer roman vishniac (gelatin silver print)

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the peregrine by j.a. baker | peregrine falcon by dame elisabeth frink, 1974 (etching and aquatint on paper)

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life with picasso by françoise gilot & carlton lake (nyrb classics) | étude bleue by françoise gilot, 1953

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the roaring nineties by katharine susannah prichard (virago modern classics) | the pioneer by frederick mccubbin, 1904 (oil on canvas)

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the aloe by katherine mansfield (virago modern classics) | portrait of katherine mansfield by anne estelle rice, 1918 (oil on canvas)

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the skin by curzio malaparte (nyrb classics) | concetto spaziale by lucio fontana, 1966 (waterpaint on canvas)

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waiting for the fear by oğuz atay (nyrb classics) | twirling wires by roger ballen, 2001 (pigment ink print)

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the pastor’s wife by elizabeth von arnim (virago modern classics) | le chapeau de paille (the straw hat) by theo van rysselberghe, 1890 (oil on canvas)

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thank heaven fasting by e.m. delafield / the complete claudine by colette | vogue cover from may 1, 1920

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pride & prejudice by jane austen | princess sophia of great britain, painted for george iv prince of wales by william beechey, 1797 (oil on canvas)