Author: Steve Melcher

Henri Adrien Tanoux, French

“Hey Guys, Say Hi To Kelly. It’s Her First Day, So If You Wouldn’t Mind Showing Her Where the Coffee Machine Is and Getting Her Going on Her Start Paperwork, That’d Be Great,” 1887

Oil on canvas

Hendrik van der Burgh, Dutch

“Great Moments in Phallic Faucetry” (Exhibit #17), Between 1825-27

Oil on panel

Eduard Charlemont, Austrian

“Well Harriet, It Appears My Services Won’t Be Needed Around Here Anymore. Master Winthorpe Has Gone and Bought Himself One of Those New-Fangled Alarm Clocks,” 1889

Oil on panel

André Brouillet, French

“If I May Take the Liberty of Finishing Her Sentence, I Believe What Miss Perkins Was in the Midst of Telling You Gentlemen Is That She Is a Narcoleptic,” 1887

Oil on canvas

Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux, French

“I’ve Got a Riddle For You: How Did the Woman With No Musical Training Land a Job As a Harpist? She Pulled a Few Strings! (Thanks, I’ll Be Here All Concerto,”) 1791

Oil on canvas

Josef Gisela, Austrian

“I’ll Take the Chiefs To Win. Oh, and What’s the Over/Under on Taylor and Travis Making Heart Hands At Each Other During the Game?,” ca. 1888

Oil on panel

Pieter Quast, Dutch

“Seriously, Bro? I Can’t Believe You Fell For the Old Rattlesnake-On-The-Outhouse Toilet Seat Prank AGAIN,” ca. 1635

Oil on panel

Jan van Beers, Belgian

Fish Market Con Artists Fleecing a Mark With a Game of Three-Cod Monte, Date Unknown

Oil on panel