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Bothersome beast, comforting friend

Vase with cicada design, Delia Cadden, 1917.

La Sculpture (1896) by Paul-François Quinsac (French, 1858 – 1929), signed and dated (lower right), oil on canvas, 250.2 × 134.6 cms. (98 1/2 x 52 3/4 in.), Private Collection

The Lament for Icarus, (Details), (1898), by Herbert James Draper (English, 1863 – 1920), oil on canvas, 183 x 156 cm (72 x 61.3 in), Tate Britain, London

Niagara Falls, from the American Side (1867), Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826 – 1900), oil on canvas, 257 cm × 227 cm (101 in × 89 in), Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Dionysia (also known as Girl with Flowers) (1870) by Pierre-Auguste Cot (French, 1837 – 1883), oil on canvas, 116.3 cm (45.7 in) x 89.3 cm (35.1 in), Chimei Museum

By Edwin Austin Abbey

Blue sea

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