Two Peacocks in Tree Finish:Float frame View of Billingsgate Market with

View of Billingsgate Market with people and fish on the quayside

On our left an apple woman looks on

Satirical cartoon showinf back and front views of women admiring Achilles

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Two Peacocks in Tree Finish:Float frame View of Billingsgate Market withMirrored or opposing animals are a frequent theme in this tradition, and the peacock can be a symbol of eternity. These paired birds may recall to mind a passage from the Upanishads that refers to two birds, sitting on a single branch. One of them eats a delicious fig; the other simply watches. That passage is taken to be an affirmation of the complementary nature of action and consciousness (or contemplation) "He whose own heart is pure makes no