クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' - John Keats (1795-1821).⠀ .⠀ The present work is one of the most celebrated portraits of John Keats, painted by his close friend Joseph Severn. Concealed in the frame is a lock of the poet's hair.⠀ .⠀ Today marks the 200 year anniversary of the poet's passing. After falling ill with tuberculosis, Keats left England to go to Italy but died at the young age of 25.⠀ .⠀ 'This was the time he first fell ill & had written the Ode to the Nightingale (1819), on the morning of my visit to Hampstead I found him sitting with the two chairs as I have painted him and was struck with the first real symptoms of sadness in Keats so finely expressed in that Poem.' - A letter by Severn to George Scharf on 22 December, 1859.⠀ .⠀ Two hundred years later, today Keats is regarded as one of the best-known English Romantic poets.⠀ .⠀ Joseph Severn (1793-1872), 'Portrait of John Keats at Wentworth Place on the day of his composing 'Ode to a Nightingale', 1834. Estimate: £20,000-£30,000.⠀ .⠀ Books, Manuscripts, Photographs: from the Middle Ages to the Moon — 14-28 April⠀ .⠀ #books #manuscripts #johnkeats #poet #poetry #poem #romanticpoet #josephsevern #200anniversary #keats200anniversary #keats200 #keatsanniversary」2月24日 0時54分