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My pick of art, 1789-1914 era. Working on a YT project, nothing to see yet.

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Syphilis (1912) by Richard Tennant Cooper (UK, 1885-1957). Wellcome Library

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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View of Paris (1886) by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Van Gogh Museum.

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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.

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Witches going to their Sabbath [The departure of the witches] (1878) by Luis Falero (1851-1896).

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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!'

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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".

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