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| John Armstrong Abduction of Proserpine ca. 1935 oil on canvas Scarborough Art Gallery, Yorkshire |
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| Robert Anning Bell Perseus and Andromeda 1929 oil on canvas Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
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| Ludwig von Hofmann Narcissus ca. 1900 oil on canvas National Museum, Warsaw |
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| John William Waterhouse A Mermaid 1900 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Maurice Greiffenhagen Mermaid ca. 1920-25 oil on canvas Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Scotland |
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| Elizabeth Leslie Arnold Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1929 oil on canvas University College London Art Museum |
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| John Luke Judith and Holofernes ca. 1930 oil on panel Armagh County Museum, Northern Ireland |
Sparrow Trapped in the Airport
Never the bark and abalone mask
cracked by storms of a mastering god,
never the gods' favored glamour, never
the pelagic messenger bearing orchards
in its beak, never allegory, not wisdom
or valor or cunning, much less hunger
demanding vigilance, industry, invention,
or the instinct to claim some small rise
above the plain and from there to assert
the song of another day ending;
lentil brown, uncounted, overlooked
in the clamorous public of the flock
so unlikely to be noticed here by arrivals,
faces shining with oils of their many miles,
where it hops and scratches below
the baggage carousel and lights too high,
too bright for any real illumination,
looking more like a fumbled punch line
than a stowaway whose revelation
recalls how lightly we once traveled.
– Averill Curdy (2005)
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| Ian Hughes Noli me tangere 1987 oil on canvas Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
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| Robert Medley Ulysses reunited with Penelope 1947 oil on canvas Southbank Centre, London |
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| John Collier Clytemnestra (after slaying Agamemnon) ca. 1914 oil on canvas Worcester City Museum |
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| Richard Jack The Passing of the Chieftain ca. 1910 oil on canvas York City Art Gallery |
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| Frank Cadogan Cowper St Agnes in Prison Receiving from Heaven the Shining White Garment 1905 oil on canvas Tate Britain |
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| Ernest Procter Young Witches at Play in the Night Sky ca. 1920 gouache and pastel on paper Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance, Cornwall |
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| Diana Cumming Genesis - The Creation 1953 oil on canvas University College London Art Museum |
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| Dennis Creffield The Conversion of St Paul 1959 oil on panel University College London Art Museum |