R.Singer 19th Century Collection

deadsunflower: Edvard Munch, Portrait of Aase and Harald Norregaard (1899). Oil on cardboard, 49.5 x 75 cm. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.

deadsunflower:

Edvard Munch, Portrait of Aase and Harald Norregaard (1899). Oil on cardboard, 49.5 x 75 cm. Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.

victorianon: Sorrowful Woman of Ischia Unknown (see notes) 1822 Here a woman, wearing a costume from the Mediterranean island of Ischia, despairs over the fate of her husband, a seaman. Such subjects, which combine the pathos of history painting and the exoticism of foreign cultures, developed out of the popular scenes of brigandry. Léopold Robert, one of the progenitors of this genre, was formerly thought to be the author of this painting; a false signature appears at lower left. The painting may be by Jean-Auguste Franquelin.

victorianon:

Sorrowful Woman of Ischia

Unknown (see notes)

1822

Here a woman, wearing a costume from the Mediterranean island of Ischia, despairs over the fate of her husband, a seaman. Such subjects, which combine the pathos of history painting and the exoticism of foreign cultures, developed out of the popular scenes of brigandry. Léopold Robert, one of the progenitors of this genre, was formerly thought to be the author of this painting; a false signature appears at lower left. The painting may be by Jean-Auguste Franquelin.

sutured-infection: School children studying anatomy or health, Washington, D.C., c. 1899

sutured-infection:

School children studying anatomy or health, Washington, D.C., c. 1899

koko-y-miguel: Selfportrait with Death as a Fiddler — Arnold Böcklin (1871-1874)

koko-y-miguel:

Selfportrait with Death as a Fiddler — Arnold Böcklin (1871-1874)

sutured-infection: Phelps’ operation for talipes equino-varus, showing result, from Edward J. Farnum’s Deformities, a text book on orthopedic surgery, 1898

sutured-infection:

Phelps’ operation for talipes equino-varus, showing result, from Edward J. Farnum’s Deformities, a text book on orthopedic surgery, 1898

artgalleryofontario: [Portrait of a group dressed in bathing costumes], c. 1870 Unknown (American) Cased Object, tintype, 13.9 x 10.9 cm Anonymous Donation, 2003

artgalleryofontario:

[Portrait of a group dressed in bathing costumes], c. 1870
Unknown (American)
Cased Object, tintype, 13.9 x 10.9 cm
Anonymous Donation, 2003

deadsunflower: Shipping on the Clyde (1881), by John Atkinson Grimshaw. Oil on board, 30.5 x 51 cm. Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on loan to Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

deadsunflower:

Shipping on the Clyde (1881), by John Atkinson Grimshaw. Oil on board, 30.5 x 51 cm. Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on loan to Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.