All Is Vanity Illusion

All Is Vanity.  1892.  Charles Alan Gilbert. 

Superb artistic optical illusion.  Woman admiring herself in a mirror, or human skull?  Published in Life magazine in 1902.

A novel image on Halloween.


Image courtesy of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Allan_Gilbert.

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2 Responses to All Is Vanity Illusion

  1. i saw this print at a flea market once. it looked kinda old in a plain black wood frame. i regret not getting it.

  2. thetownecrier

    If you like the image enough, they can be found on line at ebay and vaious poster shops. It is an interesting drawing.