Literature Pick #48

The Indian On The Trail
by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902)
From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
A splendid, florid romantic short story set on Mackinac Island, Michigan. 

William Ashford painting

View of Kilarney
by William Ashford (1746-1824)
1778
oil on canvas
27.2" x 39"

Literature Pick #47

The Street That Wasn't There
by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Richard Jacobi
A brilliant work of science fiction from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Norbert Grund painting

Lady on a Swing - Gallant Scene in the Park I
by Norbert Grund (1717-1767)
1760
Prague born artist of the Rococo style

Literature Pick #46

The Copper-Clad World
by Harl Vincent
An exciting action-packed science fiction (of the planetary romance subgenre) novella from the September 1931 issue of Astounding Stories.

Literature Pick #45

The Mysterious Card
by Cleveland Moffett (1863-1926)
from the 1920 short story compilation Masterpieces of Mystery: Riddle Stories
An amazing mystery tale, the first part was originally published in 1895 and the second part in 1896, both in the magazine The Black Cat.

Crucifixion by Jacopo Tintoretto

Crucifixion by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)
The artist is a Renaissance painter from Venice.

Roelant Savery painting

The dapple-grey
by Roelant Savery (1576-1639)
The artist was born in Courtray in Flanders and grew up in Haarlem in Holland. He moved to Prague in 1604 and became court painter to Holy Roman Emperors Rudolf II and Matthias.
 

Literature Pick #44

Spies Die Hard!
by Arnold Marmor
A spy-themed science fiction short story from the May 1954 issue of Imagination.

Paintings of Francis Danby (1793-1861)

Children by a Brook

Landscape near Clifton

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

The Painter's Holiday

Shipwreck

The three sisters of Phaeton weeping over the tomb of their brother

Literature Pick #43

The Record of Currupira
by Robert Abernathy (1924-1990)
A thrilling science fictional tale from the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.

Hubert Robert painting

Architectural Landscape with a Canal
by Hubert Robert (1733-1808)
1783
oil on canvas
50.8" x 72"

Daniel Fishel in Maxim

The gloriously beautiful actress Danielle Fishel has done a photoshoot for Maxim Magazine and mere words cannot describe how amazing it is.

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William Guy Wall painting

Cauterskill Falls on the Catskill Mountains, Taken from under the Cavern  
by William Guy Wall (1792–1864)
oil on canvas 

Wall was born in Dublin, Ireland and came to America in 1812, he was one of the earliest artists of the Hudson River School (A style of art that gave the world some of the most awe-inspiring works of American art.) and painted beautiful landscapes and seascapes.

Claude-Joseph Vernet painting

Imaginary Landscape, Italian Harbor Scene
by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789)
38.5" × 48.5"
Artist born in Avignon, France