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Editor: This sketch by John Flaxman features faint figures and furniture. I’m struck by its ethereal quality, like a half-remembered dream. How might we interpret this work in its historical moment? Curator: Flaxman lived during a time of great social and political upheaval. Could these figures represent the disembodied ideals of revolution, while the furniture hints at the comforts and constraints of domestic life under a patriarchal system? Editor: That's fascinating. So, you see a tension between the revolutionary and the domestic, reflected in the sketch? Curator: Precisely. And consider Flaxman's own complex relationship to the establishment. Exploring these tensions allows us to unpack the artist’s positionality. Editor: I never thought about it that way. Thanks, I’ve got a lot to think about now!