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John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893)
Reflection on the Thames, Westminster
1880

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Francis Bacon
After the life mask of William Blake III
1955
Oil on linen
24 x 20 in.

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Henryk Hector Siemiradzki (1843-1902)Christian DirceOil on canvas1897Muzeum Nardowc (Warsaw, Poland)

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Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)View of a HarbourOil on canvas1815-181671 x 90 cm(27.95” x 35.43”)Private collection

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Gustav-Adolphe Mossa
Elle
1905
80 x 63
Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Cheret, Nice

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Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903)Craftsman Selling Cases By A TeakWood Building, AhmedabadOil on canvasc188573 x 99.7 cm(28.74” x 3’ 3¼”)Private collection

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Henry Moore

by Henry MooreOil on canvas laid on board 23 in. x 19 1/8 in. (585 mm x 487 mm)

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This is a rare and otherwise undocumented self-portrait by a painter known for vivid seascapes, in which he presents himself in the character of vagabond artist or perhaps muleteer. It was presumably executed in Moore’s youth, before he acquired the thick dark beard seen in photographs, and possibly during or after his visits to France and Switzerland in the mid-1850s. Only the features are carefully worked, the hat, ear and even hand being loosely sketched. The surface is damaged and abraded in small areas. Virtually nothing is known of the two men named as previous owners, and the circumstances of its accession are obscure.
National Portrait Gallery, London

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Maurice Boutet de Monvel
Triomphe de Robert Macaire
1884
Oil on canvas
430 x 332
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans

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Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860-1927)Ajax and CassandraOil on canvas1886Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia)
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Cassandra, a daughter of the Trojan king had spurned the advances of Apollo, who punished her by ordaining that although she should always make true prophecies they would not be believed. The Trojans rejected her warnings that Troy was in imminent danger and when the Greeks sacked the city Cassandra fled to the Temple of Athena. It was from here that Cassandra was dragged by Ajax, and it was for this crime that he was later killed by Athena and the sea god Poseidon.

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Bimbo che Legge, by Antonio Mancini

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Alphonse Mucha
Quo Vadis
1902

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Tuke, Henry Scott (1858–1929)
The Bathers

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Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860-1927)Portrait of a LadyOil on canvasPrivate collection

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Santiago Rusiñol
Jardín de las Elegías, Son Moragues
1903
Oil on linen
101,5 x 127,5 cm

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Humber Docks, Hull
Oil on canvas
1884
76.2 x 45.7 cm (30” x 17.99”)
Private collection

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