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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2483




















Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, French

Bert's Fellow Soldiers Wondering If It's Wise For Him To Be Drawing the Sergeant With Boobs, 1874

Oil on canvas

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Monday, March 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2411























Joseph-Désiré Court, French

Though the Colonel's Troops Continued To Advance Quickly Through Prussia, His Hairline Was Clearly on the Retreat, 1842

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:23 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, February 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2390























Paul Delaroche, French

It Never Failed. The Second Before a Battle Was Supposed To Start, Doug Always Had To Sneeze, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 3:10 PM   0 Comments

Monday, December 30, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2016)















Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British

"So Then I Say To Caesar, 'Oh Yeah? You and Whose Army?' Which in Retrospect, Was Probably a Mistake," 1866

Oil on wood

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:23 PM   0 Comments

Monday, September 16, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2287























Robert Collinson, English

"No Matter What Happens, My Dearest, I Shall Always Love You. Oh, By the Way, You're Cool Watching My Cats While I'm Gone, Right?," 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:09 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2236















John Trumbull, American

"Here Are My Travel Expenses For the War, Gentlemen.  Don't Worry About the Pay-Per-View Movie 'Oval Office Orgy 3.' I'll Cover That Myself," 1824

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2169














Winslow Homer, American

"Gentlemen, You Are Confederate Prisoners of War...Traitors To Your Own Country...the Lowest of the Low.  That Said, Do You Think You Could Introduce Me To the Guys From Lynyrd Skynyrd?," 1866

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:02 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2167

















George Cochran Lambdin, American

Union Soldier Wondering If He Should Brave the Latrine, Or Try To Hold It Until the War's Over, 1866

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:01 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2048

















William Gilbert Gaul, American

 "Good Luck Fightin' Them Yankees, Son.  We're All Most of Us Are Rooting For Ya," 1907

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:08 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, September 23, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2045























Juliusz Kossak, Polish

"There He Is. Right There. That's the Guy Who Called My Pants 'Tights,'" 1882

Watercolor on paper

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

A PRICELESS CLASSIC: 2011






















Francesco Beda, Italian

British Admiral Wondering If He's Got the Nads To Wear White After Labor Day, 1880

Oil on wood panel

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1872























Édouard Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville, French

Generous To the End, Corporal Moore's Dying Words Were "Tic Tac?," 1882

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:25 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1846























Eugène Romain Thirion, French

"Joan of Arc, God Has Chosen You To Lead the Armies of France Against the English.  No Offense, But the Truth Is We Needed a Diversity Hire," 1876

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:42 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 12, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1801



















Edward Poynter, British

Sextus Marcellus Hated When the Roman Army Hired Temps, Because He Always Got Stuck With the Weirdos, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:04 AM   0 Comments

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1780























Paul Delaroche, French

When You're Halfway Across the Alps and You Realize You Forgot To Pack the Immodium, 1848

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:18 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, May 25, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1717





















Michele de Napoli, Italian

"Sir, We've Confiscated All the Enemy's Gold, Their Horses, and Their Weapons, But Unfortunately This Is All They Had in the Way of Toilet Paper.  Can You Hold It Until We Get Back to Rome?," Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:55 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1691

















Charles de Steuben, French

"Okay, Before We Start Marching, By Show of Hands, Who Needs to Use the Restroom?," 1818

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:28 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1611














Anton von Werner, German

Deciding to Screw the Peace Talks and Just Settle Things With a Rap Battle, 1900

Illustration

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:02 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, November 29, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1354























William Gordon Burn-Murdoch, Scottish

Army Officer Wondering if He's Been Over-Watering His Helmet, 1891

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:31 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, November 5, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1337










William Trego, American

Civil War Re-Enactor Requesting a Pee Break, 1884

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:37 PM   0 Comments