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)

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)

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)

Herbert James Draper, ctd

 Mourning for Icarus (1898)

 The Gates of Dawn (1900)

 The Kelpie (1913)

[based on this myth]

 The Pearls of Aphrodite (1907)

 The Sea Maiden (1894)

 The Water Nymph (1909)

 Tristan and Isolde (1901)

Ulysses and the Sirens (1909)

Herbert James Draper

Herbert James Draper (1863-1920) was an English Classicist painter. It's obvious from his work that he liked painting women with no clothes on.

A Water Baby (1900)

 A Young Girl by a Pool

 By Summer Seas

 Clyties of the Mist (1912)

 Study for Clyties of the Mist (1912)

 Halcyone (1915)

 In the Studio

 Lancelot and Guinivere

William Powell Frith, ctd

The final set of paintings by Frith.

 The Derby Day (1858)

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 The Family Lawyer (1857)

 The Flower Seller (1865)

 The Marriage of the Prince of Wales, 10 March 1863 (1863-64)

 The Merry Wives of Windsor (1843)

 The New Earrings (1875)

 The Proposal (1853)

 The Railway Station (1862)

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 The Signal (1858)

The Sleeping Model (1853)