Take A Look, It's In A Book, Some Melancholy.

Greg Jensen
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A variety of grim portents induce a melancholy atmosphere.

Postcard credit: Still Life with Sundial (attributed to Sebastian Stoskopff, 17th century, France).

Pin: The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild.

Card: "The Gates of Hell" (Auguste Rodin, 1880-1917), from Le Jeu des 7 Familles (Musée d'Orsay, 1987).