Louise Rayner painting

The East Gate at Warwick
by Louise Rayner (1832-1924)
Watercolor heightened with bodycolor, 9.4" x 6.7"
Rayner was born in Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, England.

Charles Leslie painting

Landscape
by Charles Leslie (1839–1886)
Oil on Canvas, 12" x 24"
Leslie was an English landscape painter, he was born in the Islington borough of London.

Henry John Boddington painting

Devonshire
by Henry John Boddington (1811-1865)
Oil on canvas, 29" x 42"
Boddington was born in London, England.

William Trost Richards painting

Rocky Cliff with Stormy Sea, Cornwall
by William Trost Richards (1833-1905)
1902, oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
Richards was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Literature Pick #101

High Man
by Jay Clarke
An amusing science fiction short story from the June 1954 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.

Alfred Jacob Miller painting

Lake Scene
by Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874)
Between 1858 and 1860, watercolor on paper, 9.2" × 12.3"
Miller was an American artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Prints of Tintern Abbey by Frederick Calvert

The Grand West Entrance of Tintern Abbey
by Frederick Calvert
A view of the ruins of the interior of Tintern Abbey showing the remains of the vaunted roof, the ornate windows and sightseers.
1815, color print on aquatint

South Window of Tintern Abbey
A view of the interior of he ruins of Tintern Abbey, showing several sightseers wandering around.
1815, color print on aquatint

North View of Tintern Abbey
A view of the ruins of Tintern Abbey from the opposite bank of the River Wye, showing boats on the river and fishermen in the foreground.
1815, color print on aquatint

South East View of Tintern Abbey
A view of the overgrown ruins of Tintern Abbey. A woman and child can be seen in the foreground, and mountains and the river Wye can be seen behind the abbey.
1815, color print on aquatint

Literature Pick #100

The Last of the Legions
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
First published in the December 1910 issue of The London Magazine, and here republished in the 1925 short story collection The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago.

Katsushika Hokusai artwork

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province
by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
First publication: circa 1830. This edition: circa 1930.
Woodblock color print

Edward John Poynter painting

Funchal, Morning Sun
by Edward John Poynter (1836–1919)
1877, watercolor

Nikolay Dubovskoy painting

Calm Before the Storm
by Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy (1859-1918)
1890, oil on canvas, 30.1" × 50.4"
Russian landscape painter, he was born in Novocherkassk, Russia

Jean Jacques François Taurel painting

Artists Approaching Paestum from the Sea
by Jean Jacques François Taurel (1757-1832)
1793, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Lusieri painting

The Monument to Philopappos, Athens
by Giovanni Battista Lusieri
1805, oil on canvas, 32.48" x 24.49"
Lusieri was an Italian landscape artist, he was born in Rome.

Govert Dircksz Camphuysen painting

Castle Tre Kronor in Stockholm
by Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1624-1672)
1661
Dutch painter, born in Dokkum, Friesland.

Salomon van Ruysdael painting

Estuary by Fortified City
by Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602-1670)
1648
Ruysdael was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter; he was born in Naarden, Holland.