Author: Steve Melcher

Walter Whitehead, American

“The Fast and the Furious: This Time It’s Canoes,” 1923

Oil on canvas

Corneille Seghers, Belgian

“My New Printing Press Will Give Even the Basest Commoner Access To Books. Instead of Having To Read Everything on Their Phone,” Between 1837 and 1869

Oil on panel

Samuel S. Carr, American

She Sells Vitamin C To Swells Down By the Seashore, 1877

Oil on canvas

Arturo Ricci, Italian

“Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture” (Page 147), Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Arturo Ricci, Italian

“You Folks Are In Luck. My Manager’s Authorized Me To Give You a Sweet Deal on This Baby, Because We’ve Got To Make Room on the Lot for the 1889s,” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Wilhelm Trübner, German

Galahad Had Followed the Suggestion on King Arthur’s Birthday Invitation To “Bring a Suit.” How Was He Supposed To Know It Was a Pool Party?,” 1913

Oil on board

Arthur Elsley, British

And Thus Began Tommy’s Long History of Giving Women Crabs, 1902

Oil on canvas

Ludwig Knaus, German

Whenever He Was Having a Tough Day, Bertrand Retreated to the Sanctuary of His Priceless Belt Buckle Collection, 1885

Oil on canvas