1840s

Frederick Carl Frieseke, Bird in a Cage, 1937 “I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird...

Leo Gestel, The flirtation (An Gestel and the violonist Dirk Gootjes), 1910 “Flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without...

Edvard Munch, Moonlight on the Shore, 1892 . Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,...

Lola Alvarez Bravo, Lya Cardoza, 1950 . The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed;— The...

A sketch of Anne Brontë by her sister Charlotte,1834 ...

Franz Fiedler, Untitled, 1920s . "There were days when my heart was volcanic." Edgar Allan Poe, Ulalume, 1847

A man dressed as the king of billiards and his two sons dressed as the cue ball and 8 ball,1886...

Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement (1840–1905) - Hôtel de Lauzun, Paris . The Club des Hashischins (sometimes also spelled Club des Hashishins or Club...

Hiram Powers, Psyche, 1848 . “A light … seems to shine from the interior of the marble, and beam forth...

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) Honoré de Balzac, A Woman of Thirty, 1842 . "One...