Tag Archives: Great Britain

1890: A Breezy Day off the Isle of Wight

Posted on September 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Moore: A Breezy Day off the Isle of Wight (1890)

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1890: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen (c. 1890)

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1925: Buy Bread with the Union Label

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Flag of the London Jewish Bakers Union (1925) (source)

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2009: Big Bad

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Steve Hathaway: American wolf pack in Beanham, UK (2009) (See more here.)

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2010: A Book Shaped Like a Slice of Cake

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

David Malan: A Book Shaped Like a Slice of Cake (2010) (source)

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1920: A Brief Guide to Neoliberalism

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

A beggar runs alongside the coach of King George V, 1920.

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1981: The Innocent Eye

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Tansey: The Innocent Eye Test (1981) The title of this painting is taken from a book by the artist John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing (1857), where, in a footnote, Ruskin says that to see as an artist requires … Continue reading →

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1903: Endymion

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Frederic Watts: Endymion (1903) When the moon goddess Selene falls in love with Endymion, a shepherd-prince of surpassing beauty, Zeus grants his wish to sleep forever, ageless and immortal. He sleeps in a cave on Mount Latmus, where Selene … Continue reading →

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1940: The White Horse

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Eric Ravilious: Train Landscape (1940) The background of this painting features the Westbury White Horse, a figure on the slope of Salisbury Plain in England. As the earliest documentation dates from 1742, the horse was likely created in the first … Continue reading →

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1862: Traveling Companions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Augustus Leopold Egg: The Travelling Companions (1862) The city in the background of this painting is Menton, on the Côte d’Azur, which had become a popular destination for sufferers of tuberculosis following the 1861 publication of Dr. James Henry Bennet’s … Continue reading →

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