All is vanity.....

This illustration by Charles Allan Gilbert was created by him many many
decades ago, and today, still enjoys a large audience...where ever it might
appear.

I for many years had this illustration hanging in my funeral home in Andover,
New York. It was sized at about 10 by 14 inches, framed, and it had many
comments over the years.

If you've never seen it..take a closer look....then step or look away, then look again,
it's most amazing! Which did you see first?

Below is information about Gilbert as seen in wikipedia;

Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull. The title is also a pun, as this type of dressing-table is also known as a vanity. The phrase "All is vanity" comes from Ecclesiastes 1:2 (Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.)^[1] It refers to the vanity and pride of humans. In art, vanity has long been represented as a woman preoccupied with her beauty. And art that contains a human skull as a focal point is called a memento mori (Latin for "remember you will die"), a work that reminds people of their mortality.

It is less widely known that Gilbert was an early contributor to animation, and a camouflage artist (or camoufleur) for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I.