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Fake death picture ("satire on romantic suicide", by Leonardo Alenza y Nieto). Y. Shonibare, 2011. The original painting by Alenza y Nieto parodied the notion that a suffering poet's fame could be guaranteed by self-inflicted death. In Shonibare's version, Nelson prepares to plunge a dagger into his heart as well as plunge in a suicidal "belt and braces" act.