"The deciphered message was a proposal of a runaway marriage to Gretna Green in 1854. I decided to admonish the young lovers and put an ad in the same cipher. There appeared an ad from the confounded girl: "Dear Charlie. Write no more. Our cipher is discovered!" Nothing was heard thereafter."

560h × 380w
Water-based pigment ink on Fabriano 300gsm cotton paper
Edition of 3 + AP