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The series of mirror compositions contrasts the material presence of the exterior
space outside the mirror’s reflective surface, to that of the interior place of the
mirror and the reflected world in light.
The compression of the State Room within the reflection concentrates the elements of
the room, thereby changing their spatial visual connectivity.

This creates a sense of suspension of time, whereby remnants and affirmations of
past events coexist and continually act out. The interior scene integrates the State
Room and captures the moment of decisive orders being given by the First Duke,
portrayed within the tapestry. The array of Battle-flags, the consequence of action,
are also caught therein.

The foreground clock, with its warrior figurehead, reinforces the state of conflict
being held in time. The portrait above the doorway is of the First Duke.