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This is Arthur Hughes' amazing 1881 painting, The Sailing Signal Gun!!

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2021-04-20

'Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander' - Evelyn De Morgan, 1885.

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2021-04-18

'Love Among the Ruins' - Edward Burne-Jones, circa 1873 (watercolour).

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2021-04-17


Fanart dedicado a Aristia La Monique de "Empreratriz Abandonada". Me enamoré del diseño de Ina, una maestra.

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2021-04-11

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" (Keats)

latecomer J.W. Waterhouse was baptised 1849 in Rome

Naiad (1893)
Echo & Narcissus (1903)
The Sorceress (1911)
A Tale from the Decameron (1916)

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2021-04-06

"Orpheus and Eurydice" have just been framed and will be off to their new home soon. Even though the original painting has been sold, I still have limited edition canvases and prints available!

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2021-04-02

This is Dante Gabriel Rossetti's amazing c.1868 painting, Lady Lilith!!

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2021-04-02

The Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Two versions of the same painting - can you spot the difference? An early owner asked for the change.

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2021-03-19

Miranda (1916) by John William Waterhouse (GB, 1849-1917). From 'The Tempest'.

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2021-03-08

A Golden Thread (exhib. 1885) by John Melhuish Strudwick (England, 1849-1937). ABOVE: A girl and her lover are talking. Their happiness is being determined by the Fates. BELOW: The three Fates are spinning the thread of life.

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2021-02-19

'The Damsel of the Holy Grail' - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874

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2021-02-16

"Lady Lilith," Dante Rossetti, 1868.

Rossetti described his subject as a "modern Lilith," which suggests an unfortunate degree of Victorian infanticide but a very fortunate degree of Victorian cowgirl.

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2021-02-05

"Adelia" 8x10, oil on board⁠
Another piece from the upcoming Draco Floris book!⁠

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2021-01-14