ca. 1857, “The Two Ways of Life”, Oscar Rejlander

In 1857 [Rejlander] made his best-known allegorical work, The Two Ways of Life.  This was a seamlessly montaged combination print made of thirty-two  images in about six weeks. First exhibited at the Manchester Art  Treasures Exhibition of 1857, the work shows two youths being offered  guidance by a patriarch. Each youth looks toward a section of a  stage-like tableaux vivant - one youth is shown the virtuous pleasures  and the other the sinful pleasures.

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ca. 1857, “The Two Ways of Life”, Oscar Rejlander

In 1857 [Rejlander] made his best-known allegorical work, The Two Ways of Life. This was a seamlessly montaged combination print made of thirty-two images in about six weeks. First exhibited at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857, the work shows two youths being offered guidance by a patriarch. Each youth looks toward a section of a stage-like tableaux vivant - one youth is shown the virtuous pleasures and the other the sinful pleasures.

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