Author: Steve Melcher

Anton Otto Fischer, American

Well, Thought Randy, These Certainly Aren’t the Optimal Conditions For an Adult Circumcision, But Here Goes Nothing, 1918

Oil on canvas

Carl Bloch, Danish

“Yo, I Say We Play Hooky Today and Go Catch ’80 For Brady.’ You Down?,” 1874

Oil on panel

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, American

“Ha! I Just Got Me Another One. Say Larry, What’s the Daily Bag Limit For Chinese Spy Balloons?,” 1861

Oil on canvas

Follower of Pietro Fabris, Italian

It Was Hard To Say Who Deserved the Credit For Making the Spaghetti — Giuseppe, Luigi, or Marco. Because All Three Men Had a Hand In It, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Théophile Duverger, French

“Well, That’s Very Thoughtful, Esther. But In My Experience With Groundhog Day, People Don’t Generally Give Them As Gifts,” Date Unknown

Oil on panel

Wilhelm Bendz, Danish

Knowing her UFC Match Was Scheduled For Right After Her Sitting, Hazel Had Her Trainer Tape Up Her Hands Ahead of Time, 1830

Oil on canvas

Robert Walter Weir, American

Herb Told Everyone That He Invented the Microscope To Help With His Scientific Research. It Was Nobody’s Business That It Was Really To Zoom In on the Boobs in “That Is Priceless,” 1849

Oil on canvas

Frederick George Cotman, British

Fun Fact: In the Mid-19 Century, It Wasn’t Unusual To Have a Family of Horses Living Next Door. Thus the Term “Neighbor,” 1880

Oil on canvas

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish

How Whistler’s Mother Looks To People in the Southern Hemisphere, 1886

Oil on canvas