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In Greek mythology Hypnos & his brother Thanatos are the gods of sleep & death respectively. They reside in the underworld realm of Hades, Hypnosis in the light & Thanatos in the dark.

🎨'Sleep & His Half-Brother Death'-John William Waterhouse, 1874

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2021-08-06

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

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2021-07-29

This is Evelyn De Morgan's amazing 1878 painting, Aurora Triumphans!!

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2021-07-27

Edward Burne-Jones (1833 – 1898)

The fight: St George kills the dragon
The Briar Wood
The Beguiling of Merlin

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2021-07-24

Love his But it's J W Waterhouse's (UK. 1849-1917) prep that really move me. ✏️ Beautiful & refined. Such a fine touch! ✨

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2021-07-24

John William Waterhouse (UK. 1849-1917) The Lady of Shalott (1888) 🎨 Oil on canvas. 183 x 230 cm art that isn't pompous & overblown. Very influenced by ✨

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2021-07-24

This is James Collinson's amazing 1878 painting, The Holy Painting!!

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2021-07-18

'Echo and Narcissus' - John William Waterhouse, 1903.

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2021-07-12

'Ophelia' - John William Waterhouse, 1910.

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2021-07-08

Lovely lunch and meeting with Team and talking all things STUNNER 💫 awesome to see and chat with ACTUAL people 👏 👏 📖

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2021-06-25

"I mean by a picture a beautiful, romantic dream of something that never was, never will be – in a light better than any light that ever shone – in a land no one can define or remember, only desire"

Edward Burne-Jones died 1898
🖼️ Love Among the Ruins, 1894

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2021-06-17

This is Simeon Solomon's 1861 painting, The Painters Pleasaunce!! My personal favourite painting by Solomon!!!

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2021-05-19