MASTERPIECE #2371

Thomas Sword Good, English

Actor Auditioning For Ahab in "Moby Dick: The Musical," 1823

Oil on panel

MASTERPIECE #2294

John Pettie, Scottish

Carl Vowed He Would Not Rest Until He Found the A**hole Who Stole His Bookmark, 1870

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2271

Hans Schleissmann, Austrian

From the People Who Brought You "Where's Waldo?" Comes "Wo Ist Wilhelm?" (Answer Below!), 1910

Illustration

MASTERPIECE #2252

Albert Anker, Swiss

"'Dolores May Have Been 85, But She Had the Body of an 82-Year-Old, and She Knew How To Use It...'  Um, Are You Sure I Should Be Reading This, Grandpa?," 1893

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2237

Walter Langley, British

"Hey!  It Says Our Village Is a Finalist To Be the Setting For a Herman Melville Novel!," 1888

Watercolor

MASTERPIECE #2230

Johan Krouthén, Swedish

Man Reading Marie Kondo's Chapter on Throwing Away Your Priceless Art, 1886

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2206

Jan Verhas, Belgian

"In an Old House in Paris That Was Covered With Vines, Lived 112 Little Girls in 22 Straight Lines," 1880

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2202

Christian Ludwig Bokelmann, German

When Norman's Publisher Promised Him His New Book Was Going To Be Huge, This Wasn't What He Thought He Meant, 1879

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2170

Léon Belly, French

"I'm Flattered, But You're Wasting Your Time, Ladies.  My Sail Blows To the Starboard Side, If You Know What I Mean," 1867

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2143

Rafael Flores, Mexican

"Satan's Secret Recipe Calls For Roasting Each Sinner For Two Hours at 425 Degrees.  Unless It's Summertime, In Which Case He Likes To Grill Them Out Back on the Barbecue," 1855

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2134

Sir Frederic Lord Leighton, English

Let Me Guess.  Lizzie Dropped Her Book in the Toilet Again, 1877

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2129

Auguste Toulmouche, French

Sign Your New Book Probably Isn't Winning the Pulitzer This Year, 1874

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2115

Francois Flameng, French

The Artist's Children, Getting a Big Laugh From the New "That Is Priceless" Book, 1900

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2105

William Powell Frith, English

Volume 3 of the "History's Heroines" Book Series: "Polly Peachum, America's First Pole Dancer," 1875

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2096

John Atkinson Grimshaw, English

Cover of the New Best-Selling Book, "Better Gardening Through Mind Control!," 1875

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2068

Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss

Reading the Oxford Companion to Ginger Literature, 1888

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2014

Paul Delaroche, French

The Princes in the Tower Secretly Reading "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," 1831

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1982

José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, Brazilian

"If Curious George Asks What Happened To His Lunch, I Was Never Here.  Got It?," 1897

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1976

George Paul Chalmers, Scottish

The Reverend Robert Hutchison, With the Bible He Just Found in His Beard, 1876

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1969

Adolf Heinrich-Hansen, Danish

Scene From Jane Austen's Failed "Pride & Prejudice" Sequel, "Bodices & Billiards," 1895

Oil on canvas