Herbert William Weekes

Herbert William Weekes (1864-1904) painted humorous scenes with animals as the main subjects. He seemed particularly fond of geese and donkeys.

 Secrets

  

 Suspicion

  

 Taunting the Geese

  

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Henry Courtney Selous

Henry Courtney Selous (1803-1890) was a painter and illustrator. He was born with the last name of "Slous" but changed it to "Selous" by 1838. The first offering here, Opening of the Great Exhibition, was probably his best known work.

 Opening of the Great Exhibition (1851)

  

 The Birth of Venus (1852)

  

 The Love Letter

  

What Does the Sea Say?

Albert Goodwin

 A Prospect of Edinburgh from the East (1909)

  

 Atrani near Amalfi (1901)

  

 Cashel, Ireland (1913)

  

 Combe Martin, North Devon

  

Ely Cathedral (1908)

Hastings (1907)

Sir David Wilkie

Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a prominent Scottish painter. He was one of the artists featured in this blog's very first post.

 Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo (ca. 1819)

  

 Distraining for Rent 1815)

["distrain" means "to seize someone's property to obtain payment
of rent or other money owed" (I had to look it up!)]

   

 His Highness Muhemed Ali, Pacha of Egypt (1841)

  

 Josephine and the Fortune Teller (1837)

[a depiction of the famous episode where Josephine is told of her destiny to be Empress]

  

 Newsmongers (1821)

  

 Pitlessie Fair (1804)

  

 Reading the Will (1820)

  

 Self-Portrait 1805)

  

 The Blind Fiddler (1806)

  

 The Defense of Saragossa (1828)

[depicts the Spanish efforts to resist the second siege of Saragossa in Spain by the 

troops of Napoleon. It highlights Agustina de Aragon, the Maid of Saragossa, 

who took a place at the guns during the three month siege in 1808]
  

 The First Earring (1835)

  

 The Letter of Introduction (1813)

[a very well portrayed little drama]

  

 The Pedlar (1814)

  

 The Penny Wedding (1818)

[nowadays they run about $10K (if you're frugal)]

  

The Refusal (1814)

[Wilkie took his subject from the Robert Burns song 'Duncan Gray', (1798)
in which proud Maggie initially refuses Duncan's proposal of marriage,
but later changes her mind. Wilkie's friend, the painter William Mulready,
was the model for Duncan.]

John William Waterhouse

 A Song of Springtime (1913)

  

 Dolce Far Niente (1879)

  

 Gossip

  

The Courtship (Sweet Offerings)

Ernest Crofts

Ernest Crofts (1846-1911) was a painter of historical military scenes.

 Cavalry on a Country Road

   

 Queen Elizabeth Opening the Royal Exchange in 1570

  

 The Cavalry Charge

[this appears to be a sketch for the following painting]

  

William III at the battle at London

Frederick Goodall

Cutting Rushes by the Nile

  

 David's Promise to Bathsheba

  

 Queen Henrietta Maria and her Children (1852)

[presumably before her husband's head got chopped off]

  

 The Village Holiday

  

Thomas Cranmer at the Traitor's Gate (ca. 1856)