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The birth of Aphrodite (1887) by Ivan Ajvazovskij (Russia, 1817-1900). Private Collection. Aphrodite is born and drawn up by winged cupids in a stormy Romantic setting. #Myth #MarineArt
Illustrations for The War of the Worlds by English author H. G. Wells. The artist is Warwick Goble (England, 1862-1943). #BookIllustrationOfTheDay #ScienceFiction
Les Halles (1895) by Léon Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925). Paris marketplace with origins that go back to at least the Middle Ages.
Greek Girls Picking up Pebbles by the Sea (1871) by Frederic Lord Leighton (England, 1830-1896). Pérez Simón Collection, Mexico.
Wotan, Götterdämmerung (1906) by Hermann Hendrich (German, 1854-1931). Norse mythology. #Gothic
An illustration for The Mermaid and the Dragon. The artist is Warwick Goble (GB, 1862-1943). #BookIllustration
The art of John Anster Fitzgerald (English, 1819–1906) - (a) The Artist's Dream (b) Dreams (c) The Captive Robin and (d) The Fairies Banquet. "Fairy Fitzgerald". The Victorians were fascinated with magical subjects - perhaps esp. fairies and the supernatural. #FairytaleTuesday
Illustrations for The War of the Worlds by English author H. G. Wells. The artist is Warwick Goble (England, 1862-1943). #BookIllustrationOfTheDay #ScienceFiction
An illustration for The Water Babies [Charles Kingsley] by Warwick Goble (GB, 1862-1943). “The most wonderful and the strongest things in the world, you know, are just the things which no one can see.” #BookIllustration
An illustration for The Mermaid and the Dragon. The artist is Warwick Goble (England, 1862-1943). #BookIllustrationOfTheDay