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Echo and Narcissus (1903) by J.W. Waterhouse (1849-1917). Walker Art Gallery. Narcissus lay by the pool gazing in to the eyes of his beloved. Sigmund Freud published a study of the Narcissus myth only a few years after this painting. #Victorian #Romanticism

Passage of the Jews through the Red Sea (1891) by Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817–1900). The artist is one of masters of marine art. #RedSea

Tamara and Demon (1889) by Konstantin Makovsky (Russian, 1839-1915). The demon observes Tamara as her life slips away, her soul leaving her body. #GothicArt #Romantic

Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea (Oak trees by the Sea) (1834-5) by Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789-1869). Artist, doctor and scientist. Carus originated the concept of the vertebrate archetype, a seminal idea in the development of Darwin's theory of evolution.

A Golden Thread by John Melhuish Strudwick (GB, 1849-1937). When it was exhibited in 1885 it came with the lines: 'Right true it is that these/ And all things else that under Heaven dwell/ Are changed of Time'. BOTTOM: The Fates spin the allocated lifetime. Pre-Raphaelite style.

The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian 1806-1865). Fear of being buried alive is, apparently, still a common phobia. #gothicart

Wotan, Götterdämmerung (1906) by Hermann Hendrich (German, 1854-1931). #Wotan #Odin

John Anster Fitzgerald (1819–1906). From 1860s. (a) The Artist's Dream (b) Dreams (c) The Captive Robin and (d) The Fairies Banquet. Some of the artist's titles suggest he was acquainted with the drug world, e.g. The Captive Dreamer & The Pipe Dream. #opium #laudanum #FairyArt

The Siren (1900) by John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917). A mariner on the brink of a watery death - or will she save him? #Myth #Mermaid

A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach (1884-5) by Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947). Plymouth Art Gallery. The painting depicts fishermen and fishwives in traditional dress. #VictorianArt