Friday, November 25, 2011


Music, by Antoine-Auguste-Ernest Hebert

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Thursday, November 24, 2011



The Rehearsal - Edmund Blair Leighton

This painting continues the short series with the subject - Making Music. The final one will be shown tomorrow.

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This post also appears today on the 80 plus site
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011



Music, Heavenly Maid, by Edward John Poynter

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This painting is the fifth in a short series with the subject - Making Music. They are also being shown on the 80 plus site
http://80plus.blogspot.com

Another painting tomorrow

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011


Hush, by James Jacques-Joseph Tissot

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This painting is the fourth in a short series with the subject - Making Music. They are also being shown on the 80 plus site
http://80plus.blogspot.com

Another painting tomorrow

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Monday, November 21, 2011


Francesca, by Edward Charles Hallé

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These paintings are also being shown the 80 plus site
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Sunday, November 20, 2011


When apples were golden and songs were sweet, but summer had passed away,
by John Melhuish Strudwick

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Another painting in this series tomorrow

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Today’s post begins a short series of paintings by various artists.
The subject is Making Music.
A painting will be added every day here for a week and they will also be shown on the 80 PLUS site - http://80plus.blogspot.com


A Melody, by John William Godward

Tomorrow -When apples were golden and songs were sweet, but summer had passed away, by John Melhuish Strudwick

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Gustave Doré (1832-1883)


Cinderella

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Tom Thumb

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Little Red Riding Hood

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Puss in Boots

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The Sleeping Beauty

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)


Portrait of a Woman dressed as a Vestal Virgin

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Penelope awakened by Eurycleia

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Three Singers

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Portrait of Anne Loudoun, Lady Henderson of Fordell

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Queen Maria Karolina of Austria and King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies with their family

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This week on the Visual Image Site -
A fresco by Pasquale Cati, the world's largest pearl, a harvester pulled by 20 horses,
and other great images
http://thevisualimagesite.blogspot.com

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Edouard Manet 1832–1883


Music in the Tuileries

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Boating

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Still Life with Melon and Peaches

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Nana

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The Old Musician

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

George William Joy 1844-1925


Cordelia comforting her father King Lear in prison

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Nelson's First Farewell

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General Gordon's Last Stand

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A Dinner of Herbs

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The Bayswater Omnibus

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Have you visited THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE yet?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Five Paintings "The Lady of Shalott"


The Lady of Shalott, by William Holman Hunt

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"I am Half-Sick of Shadows" said the Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse

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The Lady of Shalott looking at Lancelot, by John William Waterhouse

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The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse

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The Lady of Shalott, by John Atkinson Grimshaw

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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)


The White Hat

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The Widow and her Priest

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The Dead Bird

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The Father's Curse, the Son Punished

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Simplicity

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The new blog "Happiness is . . ." continues on Monday
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Helen Allingham (1846-1926)


By the Cottage Gate

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The Rabbit Cage

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A Berkshire Cottage

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A Cottage in West Horsley

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A Cottage in Peaselake

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My new blog begins on Monday 3rd October
"HAPPINESS IS . . ."
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684)


Portrait of a Family in a Courtyard

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Young Woman Drinking

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Musical Party in a Courtyard

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A Woman Peeling Apples

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The Council Chambers in Amsterdam Town Hall

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641


Self-Portrait with Sunflower

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Portrait of a Lady

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Susanna and the Elders

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Henrietta Maria wife of Charles I

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Triple Portrait of Charles I

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A poem every week-day at http://poetryforpleasure.blogspot.com

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