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1615:
Death with a Crossbow

1886:
Cutting a sunbeam

1882:
Gasworks by Vincent Van Gogh

c. 1910-1926:
Photographs of Monet and his paintings

1800s:
The Mad Potter of Biloxi

1400s:
The Mourners

c. 1960s:
Masks from the “Wilde Jagd”

1800s:
Snow Lady

1624:
Giovanni Battista Bracelli, Bizzarie

17th Century:
Vanitas Bust

1920s:
Bauhaus Stage Costumes

1967:
The Apple Boutique, Baker Street, London

October 6, 1908:
Claude Monet with a pigeon on his head

1892:
Toulouse-Lautrec as artist and model

1960:
Shop Window Displays

1940s-1950s:
Machinalia by Boris Artzybasheff

1840s-1990s:
“Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop”

1936:
Climbing Lincoln’s Nose

1970:
Turniture by Lester Walker

1945:
Opening the Mona Lisa at the end of WWII

The models for American Gothic, 1930

Cherubs After Raphael, c.1860-1900

Pin-Up Girls Before and After II, 1950s

Paul Gauguin playing the harmonium in his pants, 1895

1926-1931:
Construction of Christ the Redeemer, Rio

Encyclopedia of Home Improvement, 1970

Exotic Dancers, 1890s

‘The Grammar of Ornament’, Owen Jones, 1910

1600s:
Jewelled Skeletons

1950s-1960s:
Polish Cold War Neon