Forum Romanum, For Mr Soane’s Museum, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1826

Catherine Vlasto (detail), John Singer Sargent, 1897.

Self-Portrait with Pipe, Horace Vernet, 1835

Of Course There Are Mermaids, by Charles Gibson c. 1900-1902

Rose Sanderson

Portrait of Countess D’Haussonville (detail), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1845.

kadabbs:

Speaking of fanart not being art, here’s some more Sherlock fanart. Brett!Holmes Granada-verse

joetoddstanton:

Rework of an image looking at the history disguised firearms.

Queen Mab’s Cave, J.M.W. Turner, exhibited 1846

Sunrise with Sea Monsters, J.M.W. Turner, c. 1845

“Der Besuch des Todes” (The Visit from Death), Adolph von Menzel

Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe’s “Alone”, Edmund Dulac, 1915