Late Victorian Hourglass Charm painting Modelled as a cheeky monkey

Modelled as a cheeky monkey

The AEI sentiment was popular throughout the Victorian period as a representation of eternal love conquering even death

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Any other answer would transform her into the raging Gorgon

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Late Victorian Hourglass Charm painting Modelled as a cheeky monkeyDATE: Victorian, c. 1896 An hourglass (aka sand timer), has long been associated with death and was often found on grave stones from the middle ages through to the Victorian era. At the start of the Victorian era much of the population were not literate, although compulsory schooling was introduced in 1880, the majority of Victorians particularly the poor could not read. So the symbols found on graves made them more meaningful for someone who may not