Victorian British Painting
Paintings by British Isles artists, mostly from the reign of Queen Victoria
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John William Waterhouse
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John William Waterhouse
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
John William Waterhouse
A Song of Springtime
(1913)
Dolce Far Niente
(1879)
Gossip
The Courtship (Sweet Offerings)
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
John William Waterhouse, ctd
Waterhouse, the final set.
The Household Gods
(1880)
The Lady of Shalott
(1888)
[
about this painting
]
The Soul of the Rose
(1908)
The Toilet
(1889)
Tristan and Isolde Sharing the Potion
(1905)
Tristan and Isolde
(1916)
Two Little Italian Girls by a Village
(1875)
Undine
(1872)
Ulysses and the Sirens
(1891)
Monday, July 16, 2012
John William Waterhouse, ctd
Penelope and the Suitors
(1912)
Saint Cecilia
(1895)
Saint Eulalia
(1885)
[
the story of Saint Eulalia
]
The Sorceress
(1913)
The Annunciation (1914)
The Crystal Ball
(1902)
The Enchanted Garden
(1916)
The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius
(1883)
The Flower Picker
(1900)
Friday, July 13, 2012
John William Waterhouse, ctd
Gathering Flowers
(1893)
'I am half sick of shadows,' said the Lady of Shalott
(1915)
[from A.L. Tennyson's poem "
The Lady of Shalott
"]
Jason and Medea
(1907)
Juliet
(1898)
Lamia and the Knight
(1905)
Listening to his Sweet Pipings
(1911)
[
about this painting
]
Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod
(1887)
[Mariamne was Herod's second wife.
Her story is here
.]
Ophelia Resting
(1889)
Ophelia Seated
(1894)
Ophelia
(1905)
Thursday, July 12, 2012
John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse
(1849-1917) painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style.
A Naiad
(1905)
A Tale from the Decameron
(1916)
[about
The Decameron
]
At the Shrine
(1895)
Circe Invidiosa
(1892)
Consulting the Oracle
(1882)
Diogenes
(1905)
Fair Rosamund
(1905)
["
Fair Rosamund
" was the mistress of King Henry II. Lurking in the background in this painting can be seen Queen Eleanor (of Acquitaine) who, rumor has it, had Rosamund killed.]
Flora
(1890)
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
(1909)
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
(1908)
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