Burgundy Baron's Blog

The Spy by Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) From the 1910 short story collection, Once Upon A Time .

View of Karlštejn Castle near Prague by Tavík František Šimon (1877-1942) 1903, oil on canvas, 37.5" × 43.5" Šimon was born in ...

Silver Favourites by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) 1903, oil on canvas, 27.2" × 16.6" Alma-Tadema was an Dutch Academic a...

An Alpine farm on the Untersberg in Salzburg with Many Animals by Friedrich Gauermann (1807–1862) 1835, oil on canvas, 29.13" x 36.0...

The Wind in the Rose-Bush by Mary Wilkins (1852-1930) A short story from the 1903 book, The Wind in the Rose-bush and Other Stories of th...

Procession at the forest chapel in the Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden by Leopold Munsch (1826-1888) Oil on Canvas, 25.2" x 31.5" Muns...

The Four-Fifteen Express by Amelia B. Edwards (1831-1892) A fantastic short story, first published in the Dec. 22, 1866 issue of  Every S...

Sphinx of Giza, partly under sand, with two pyramids in the background. by David Roberts (1796-1864) 1838 Roberts was an Orientalist pain...

The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812) 1788, oil on canvas, 52.9" x 77.9"

Conversation by the Spring by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902) Oil on canvas laid on board, 21.26" x 39.37" Siemiradzki was a Pol...

The Light-house by Alfred Noyes (1880-1958) A short story from the 1918 book,  Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others .

Untitled (landscape, boat moored near stream, man walking in foreground) by Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901) 1879, oil on canvas, 14...

The End of Time by Wallace West (1900-1980) A fantastic science fiction short story from the March 1933 issue of Astounding Stories . ...

Cider Pressing by George Henry Durrie (1820-1863) 1855, oil on canvas, 22.25" x 30.25" Durrie was an American painter, he was b...

Farmstead Under Clouds in Late Summer Light by Paul Wilhelm Keller-Reutlingen (1854–1920) oil on canvas, 29.13" x 41.73" Keller...