Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Myles Birket Foster, ctd

 The Lacemaker

 The Milk-maid

 The Old Chairmender

 The Posy

 The River Cluny near Braemar, Scotland

 The Shepherd's Rest

 The Sierra Nevada from Alhambra

 The Swing

 Waiting for Father

Who's to be King of the Castle?

Monday, October 29, 2012

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ctd

Christchurch Gate, Canterbury (1792-93)

 On the Upper Rhine (ca. 1820)

 The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up (1839)

 The Harbor of Dieppe (ca. 1826)

 The New Moon; or, 'I've lost My Boat, You shan't have Your Hoop' (1840)

 The Northampton Election, 6 December 1830 (ca. 1831)

 The Opening of the Wallhalla, 1842 (1843)

 The Ponte Delle Torri, Spoleto (1840-45)

 The Slave Ship (1840)

 The Temple of Poseidon at Sunium (Cape Colonna) (ca. 1834)

The Thames Above Waterloo Bridge (ca. 1830-35)

Friday, October 26, 2012

Charles Robert Leslie

Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) was an English genre painter.

 Children Playing at Coach and Horses

 Le Malade Imaginaire (1840)

 Sancho Panza in the Apartment of the Duchess (1843-44)

 Sir John Everett Millais (1852)

 Sir Plume Demands the Restoration of the Lock, from Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock'

Slender Courting Anne Page (ca. 1850)

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Henry Nelson O'Neil, ctd

 Pleasant Dreams (1852)

 The Landing of H.R.H. The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 1863 (1864)

 The Last Hours of Mozart

 The Last Moments of Raphael (1866)

 The Parting Cheer (1861)

 The Soldier's Return (1861)

 Tintoretto Painting His Dead Daughter (1873)

Woman in Love (1856)

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

John Frederick Lewis, ctd

 Intercepted Correspondence (1869)

 Life in the Harem, Cairo (1858)

 Lilium Auratum (1871)

 The Coffee Bearer (1857)

 The Hosh Courtyard of the Coptic Patriarch, Cairo (1864)

 The Kibab Shop, Scutari, Asia Minor (1858)

 The Mid-Day Meal, Cairo (1875)

 The Siesta (1876)

View of the Street, Cairo

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

John Everett Millais, ctd

 Flowing to the Sea (1871)
When visiting Waulkmill, John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896) is believed to have painted “Flowing to the Sea” shown here, and also “Flowing to the River”.  Miss Stibbard, the artist’s daughter-in-law modelled for the picture “Flowing to the Sea” along with soldiers from the 42nd highland Regiment - The black Watch.  In “Flowing to the River “ painted in rich autumnal golds and browns, the picture is also known by the title “The Milstream”. The original painting of “Flowing to the river” is owned by the city of Southampton, and is on view at Southampton Art gallery.

The Bride of Lammermoor (1878)
 The Lost Piece of Silver (1864)

 The Nest (1887)

 The Old Garden (1888)

 The Order of Release (1853)

 The Piper

 The Ransom (1860-62)

The Proscribed Royalist, 1651 (1853)

The Ruling Passion (1885)