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Sleep and his Half-brother Death (1874) by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917). Private collection.

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2018-02-26

Diogenes (1882) by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917). Art Gallery of NSW. Greek philosopher & a founder of Cynicism. Often slept in a barrel in the marketplace. Sometimes carried a lamp in the day "looking for an honest man".

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2018-02-24

illustrator of poetry and children's books ~

Florence Harrison ~ 1877~1955

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2018-02-15

Love's Messenger (1885) by Marie Spartali Stillman (UK, 1844-1927). A dove carries a love letter to a woman standing in front of an open window. She wears a red rose & has just put down her embroidery of a blind-folded Cupid.

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2018-02-14

Angel Footfalls, illustrations from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846.

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2018-02-12

Born in Clerkenwell, London ~ nephew of painter, Arthur Hughes ~

Edward Robert Hughes ~1851~1914

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2018-02-02

Ponders...are a form of secular afflatus?

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2018-01-23

English painter, influenced by the movement ~

Evelyn de Morgan ~ 1855~1919

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2018-01-17

Bertucciova nevesta [Bertuccio's Bride] (1895) by Edward Robert Hughes (England, 1851-1914). Leicester Galleries.

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2017-12-02

Wind warns November’s done with.
The blown leaves make bat-shapes,
Web-winged and furious.
Sylvia Plath
Waterhouse

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2017-12-01

Pandora (1896) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Pandora's box had been opened & all the evils of humanity had come out. Only hope remained.

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2017-11-10

Such an interesting life--obit of Virginia Surtees, who championed Rossetti & the PreRaphaelites https://t.co/WJLAQ9pP47

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2017-10-26

In the Golden Days (1907) by John Melhuish Strudwick (England, 1849-1937).

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2017-10-12

Green Summer (1864)
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898)

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2017-08-29

On the 151st anniversary of birth, here's why her art drew praise from a prominent https://t.co/v4MjSwuFoP

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2017-07-28

Northern art: "On the Tees Near Barnard Castle" 1868..Oil by [1836-1893] Born in

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2017-05-13

"The Annunciation 1914" by John William Waterhouse, born on this date in 1849.

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2017-04-07