Gaetano Ferri, Italian
“If You Can’t Read My Handwriting, It Says ‘Grande Chicken Burrito With Black Beans and Extra Guac On the Side,'” 1840-1845
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2418
Category: Historical Figures
MASTERPIECE #2409
Léon Cogniet, French
“Excuse Me, Sir, But You’re in the Presence of Emperor Bonaparte. Could I Ask You To Put on Some Shorts?,” Between 1827-35
Oil on cardboard
MASTERPIECE #2400
Victor A. Searles, American
“The Wonders of the New World Are Endless, Your Majesties. Exotic Peoples, Priceless Treasures, and Something Called a ‘Pizookie,'” ca. 1893
Illustration
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British
“So Then I Say To Caesar, ‘Oh Yeah? You and Whose Army?’ Which in Retrospect, Was Probably a Mistake,” 1866
Oil on wood
MASTERPIECE #2340
Raffaello Sorbi, Italian
Rare Footage of Hamilton and Burr’s Famous Duel (Preliminary Leapfrog Round), 1887
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2325
Jules-Arsène Garnier, French
Before the Days of Jack the Ripper, the English Lived in Fear of Jackie the Stripper, 1883
Oil on paper laid on board
MASTERPIECE #2289
Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans, Belgian
Quote of the Day — Young Julius Caesar (95 B.C.): “I Came, I Saw, I Stomped on Your Doll” (“Veni, Vidi, Barbi”), 1872
Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2236
John Trumbull, American
“Here Are My Travel Expenses For the War, Gentlemen. Don’t Worry About the Pay-Per-View Movie ‘Oval Office Orgy 3.’ I’ll Cover That Myself,” 1824
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2227
Edward Poynter, British
“Wait! Take Off Your Sandals! We Just Had the Carpet Steam-Cleaned!,” 1890
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2159
Francis Bicknell Carpenter, American
Lincoln and His Cabinet, Hoping If They Remain Perfectly Quiet, Mary Will Quit Knocking and Go Away, 1864
Oil on canvas