@bymuseum: She Cannot Keep Him. So She Keeps His Shadow. A young knight stands beside the castle wall while ships wait below to carry him away. He looks toward the distance. She looks only at him, tracing his shadow into the stone before the moment disappears. Edmund Blair Leighton turns farewell into something painfully quiet. She cannot stop his departure. She cannot know whether he will return. So she preserves the one thing still within reach: the outline he leaves behind. Painting: The Shadow, 1909 Artist: Edmund Blair Leighton Museum: Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff

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