More over the folds of the cloths of young lady is more worked upon detail where as the folds of the cloth on table is bit rough, temperature of the painting is cold as we can see a bit of sea from the window which is at the back side of the young and old woman. Giving space to the painting maybe is because of the artist wanted to show the clear loneliness. I felt despair. the Hauntingly Vivid inscription that the artist gave to his work told the tragic story Bible lies open in front of the mother and her gesture is conveying us the message of condolence towards her daughter.
The Framed scientist Madame Marie curie returned to her home the night of the funeral for her husband, Pierre curie, who was killed in an accident in the streets of Paris and made this entry in her diary:”They filled the grave and put sheaves of flowers on it. Everything is over Pierre is sleeping his last sleep beneath the earth it is the end of everything, everything, everything.”
The Atheist Bertrand Russell Adds his testament:”No fire. no heroism, no integrity of thought and feeling can preserve an individual life beyond the grave.”And Schopenhauer, the German philosopher and pessimist was even more bitter. He wrote:” To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake.
These were the old beliefs in Victorian era