Art, Symbol & Imagination
The True Death
A pale woman lowers her head towards a reclining companion beneath softly drawn drapery. Diffuse light and faint background forms give the scene a subdued intimacy. The facing page identifies The True Death and credits James Fagan’s original etching beside the poem’s reflection on age and the end of love.
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James Fagan. "The True Death" [editorial title]. In The Songs of Bilitis, Pierre Louÿs; English translation by Horace Manchester Brown. 1904 supplied edition, 1904, Privately printed for members of the Aldus Society. Source scan leaf 335. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0271-0324
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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James Fagan. The True Death. The Songs of Bilitis. Scan leaf 335. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0271-0324