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Ink drawing of a winged figure playing pan pipes beside a reclining figure in grass, titled Melancholia.

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Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 001 large a, Howard Pyle (1895), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A black-and-white ink illustration titled Melancholia shows a winged figure seated in tall grass, playing a set of pan pipes. A second, draped figure reclines in the foreground beside a row of trees and rolling ground, with the word Melancholia lettered across the top.

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