The Beguiling of Merlin
Painting by Edward Burne-Jones created between 1873 and 1877, depicting the Lady of the Lake sending Merlin into a deep sleep.
The Enigma of Hitler
Painting by Salvador Dalí created in 1939, “celebrating” the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
The Victory of Faith (painting)
Painting by the Irish artist Saint George Hare, depicting two sleeping nude women, apparently Christian martyrs, sentenced to be devoured by beasts.
The Incubus Leaving Two Young Women
Oil painting by the Swiss-born Romantic artist Henry Fuseli, c. 1794, like much of his work exploring the relationship between sex and fear.
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw painting
Redirected to Gertrude Vernon, Lady of Lochnaw (1864–1932).
History painting
Artistic genre characterised by its depiction of a moment in a story from Greek or Roman mythology, or the Bible, in an elevated and morally edifying manner.
Boreas
Oil painting by John William Waterhouse created in 1903, depicting the Greek god of the north wind.
Pandora (painting)
Painting by John William Waterhouse.
Cleopatra (painting)
Painting by John William Waterhouse.
Genre painting
Paintings that depict scenes of ordinary people going about their everyday lives.