Couples – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1837 (12/1/17)

Haynes King, British

“Oh, That’s Okay — We Can Skip the Weapons Pat-Down This Time. That’s Really Just a First Date Thing With Me,” 1874

Oil on canvas

Edmund Leighton, British

“I Brought You Here To Propose, Veronica, But This Waterfall’s Really Making Me Have To Pee. Rain Check?,” 1901

Oil on panel

Luis Alvarez Catala, Spanish

Women Discussing Suitor’s Proposal of a Three-Way, 1866

Oil on canvas

Anders Zorn, Swedish

Kind of Now Wishing She Had Worn Jeans, 1886

Watercolor

John William Godward, English

The “Romeo and Juliet” Balcony Scene if She’d Lived in a Ranch-Style, 1903

Oil on canvas

Barbara Krafft, Austrian

The Profile Photo That Got the Richardsons Kicked Off Facebook, 1797

Oil on canvas

Edmund Blair Leighton, English

“Will You Be My Valentine? I Mean, Now That My HPV Has Cleared Up?,” 1919

Oil on panel

Charles-Victoire-Frederic Moench, French

“Okay, Okay — I’ll Make You a Duke. Just Help Me Get Her Back to the Strip Club Before My Wife Comes Home,” 1846

Oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour, French

“Put It This Way. If Women Were Allowed to Work, I’d Tell You Not to Quit Your Day Job,” 1875

Oil on canvas

Jean Alaux, French

A) Couple Having Staring Contest, 1818

B) Couple Having Staring Contest (3 Hours Later), 1818

Oil on canvas