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Syphilis (1912) by Richard Tennant Cooper (UK, 1885-1957). Wellcome Library #Medicine #Phantasmic
Watson and the Shark (1782) by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The rescue of a 14-yr-old English cabin boy, Brook Watson, from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba. #AmericanArt #MarineArt #MaritimeArt
Saturn Devouring His Son (1823) by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Many possible interpretations, inc. (1) conflict between youth & age (2) merciless of time (3) God's anger (4) the consumption by the state of it's people by wars & revolution. #SpanishArt #Romanticism
@LGTilley @VictorianWeb @K_Stansfield @drkatelaw It's a big subject, not sure I've ever read an overview. This is sitting in a pile of books, but not yet read. 'Crime and Punishment in Victorian London' by Ross Gilfillan. I'm hoping it's a thumping good yarn .. but will see.
The Ninth Wave (1850) by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. The ninth wave is, in popular legend, the most powerful and destructive wave. #RussianArt #MaritimeArt #Ocean
Helen of Troy (1898) by Evelyn de Morgan (UK, 1855-1919). De Morgan Centre. "Helen of Sparta" was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world, the daughter of Zeus & Leda. #VictorianArt #PreRaphaelite
Witches going to their Sabbath [The departure of the witches] (1878) by Luis Falero (1851-1896). #Gothic #Fantasy #SpanishArt
The Roll of Fate (1882) by Walter Crane (England, 1845-1915). 'Would that some winged angel ere too late Arrest the yet unfolded Roll of Fate, And make the stern Recorder otherwise Enregister, or quite obliterate!' #VictorianArt
Perseus and the Graiae (1892) by Edward Burne-Jones (England, 1833-1898). Three sisters sharing one eye & one tooth. From the version of the Perseus legend that appears in William Morris's "The Doom of King Acrisius". #Mythology #Victorian #PreRaphaelite