Isaac Henzell, English
Meg Was Halfway To the Courthouse To Post Her Husband’s Bail When She Realized She May Have Misunderstood the Judge, 1870
Oil on canvas
THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2303 (10/9/19)
Category: Prison
MASTERPIECE #2300
William Powell Frith, English
Hank Wasn’t a Big Fan of Prison, But on the Plus Side, He Was Killing It on His Fitbit, 1880
Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2077
Anthony Frederick Sandys, English
Lady Eleanor Petre Displaying the Shiv She Made in Women’s Prison, ca. 1880
Colored chalk
MASTERPIECE #2014
Paul Delaroche, French
The Princes in the Tower Secretly Reading “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” 1831
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1868
Jacek Malczewski, Polish
While His Fellow Prisoners Appreciated Randy’s Attempt To Keep Things Light, At the Moment No One Was In the Mood For Hide-And-Seek, 1883
Oil on cardboard
MASTERPIECE #1571
Aurelio de Figueiredo, Brazilian
Political Prisoner Starting to Suspect This Isn’t Really a Bungee Jump, 1893
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1460
Johann Heinrich Tischbein, German
The Two New Guys Being Warned It’s Not a Great Idea to Wear Pink in Prison, 1785
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #252
Francisco de Zurbaran, Spanish
St. Peter’s Lawyer Assuring Him He’ll Have Him Out By Morning, 1629
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #215
Carl Spitzweg, German
Jester Making Mental Note Not to Make Fun of Queen’s Fat Ass, 1855
Oil on canvas