Author: Steve Melcher

Otto Goldmann, German

Women Wishing Taylor and Travis Would Just Get a Room Already, 1905

Oil on canvas

Antonio Rotta, Italian

“Yes, Of Course I’m 21. I Assume You Mean Months,” Date Unknown

Oil on panel

Camille Félix Bellanger, French

“I’m in the Market For a Good Bovine Law Attorney, If You Know of Any. They Got Me Last Night For Drinking and Cattle Driving,” 1899

Oil on canvas

Edmund Birckhead Bensell, American

The Top 10 Most Awkward Romantic Moments (#7): The Preemptive Shotgun Wedding Proposal, 1878

Chromolithograph

Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, Swedish

Man Admiring His Olympic Bronze Medal In Synchronized Silversmithing, 1782

Oil on canvas

Charles Joshua Chaplin, French

Goldilocks Reading the Bears’ Restraining Order, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Thomas Le Clear, American

On This Day In Photography History: An English Pointer Named Sparky Pulls Off The First Photobomb, ca. 1865

Oil on canvas