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“ Hope” (1887) by George Frederick Watts 

‘Hope’ depicts a blindfolded woman seated, hunched on a globe, bending her neck to listen closely to the lyre, which is completely frayed but for one string.

The atmosphere is one of loneliness and serenity. She is alone, blindfolded to the world,  isolated, but still clasping onto the beauty of faint music. She dares to have hope in the last remaining string.  

This is the second version of ‘Hope’ Watts painted where he eliminated the star above the figure. It was painted just after his daughter’s death, so we could speculate that the painting reflects Watts’ feelings as he grasps onto the last positives.  ( The GSAL journal)

Biologist & art lover. I think human beings are societies of cells (hubasoc). Time perception is the pace of operation of our cellular society. Visit /timecast 