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Battle of Cesme at Night (1848) by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). #RussianArt #MaritimeArt #SailingShip
@ElsieTrubshaw Good eyesight needed for some of these pictures. Guildhall Art Gallery.
Before the Storm (1918) by Andrei Nikolaevich Schilder (Russia, (1861-1919).
Halcyone (1915) by Herbert James Draper (England, 1863-1920).
Halcyone & her husband Ceyx angered Zeus, so while Ceyx was at sea the god threw a thunderbolt at his ship. #Victorian #Greekmyth #MythologyMonday
Battle of Cesme at Night (1848) by Ivan Aivazovsky (Russia, 1817-1900). #MarineArt #Fire
Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander (c. 1885) by Evelyn de Morgan (UK, 1855-1919). Pre-Raphaelite style. Leander fell in love with Hero & swam every night across the water to her. Hero lit a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. #Victorian #Romance #womanartists #Myth
Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs (1864) by Frederic William Burton (1816-1900). Taken from a medieval Danish ballad. Hellelil falls love with Hildebrand, Prince of Engelland. Her father disapproves & orders her seven brothers to kill the young prince.
Come unto These Yellow Sands (1842) by Richard Dadd (England, 1817-1886). Interestingly, an 1878 census lists Dadd as both an 'artist' and a 'lunatic'. #Victorian #Fairies #FairyTaleTuesday
Today is Yorkshire Day, a perfect excuse for some John Atkinson Grimshaw (Yorkshire, 1836-1893). #GodsOwnCountry #YorkshireDay2019
Syphilis (1912) by Richard Tennant Cooper (British, 1885-1957). Wellcome. #MedicalArt #STD #Disease