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Gustave Caillebotte - The Floor Scrapers (1875-6)

Original on top, later version below

“Despite the effort Caillebotte put into the painting, it was rejected by France’s most prestigious art exhibition, The Salon, in 1875. The depiction of working-class people in their trade, not fully clothed, shocked the jurors and was deemed a ‘vulgar subject matter.’ 

20th Century

PAIR OF SHERATON-STYLE TWIN-SIZE BEDS

With painted floral and foliate decoration. Tapered posts. Flat canopy frame.

Satyr Entwined with a Deer. Stone. Length : 82 cm. Executed in the first half of the 20th century.

England. 20th century.

Lars Bo illustrations for Francis Garnung's Le Meneur d'ombres, 1961

19th Century

SCRIMSHAW PORPOISE JAW

One side of jaw depicts a sailing vessel. Other side depicts a Victorian lady.

Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa), family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes, Australia