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Oh well, as the poet once said, 'is all that we think or seem but a dream within a dream…?

By Sarah Hardacre 2026

Dimensions
20 x 16 x 2.5 cm

Glazed china with gold luster and overglaze transfer print

Photo 2026 04 09 09 05 09 1783690451 Sarah Hardacre

But really there is no ideal man then?

I know I've done some foolish things, but I don't regret any of them

She is a creature made for velvet cushions, shipwrecked on a balcony of damp disdain

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