Théodore Géricault, French
Wondering if He Should Go Back for the Sunglasses He Dropped or Just Screw It, 1814
Oil on canvas
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Category: The Military
MASTERPIECE #2483
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, French
Bert’s Fellow Soldiers Wondering If It’s Wise For Him To Be Drawing the Sergeant With Boobs, 1874
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2411
Joseph-Désiré Court, French
Though the Colonel’s Troops Continued To Advance Quickly Through Prussia, His Hairline Was Clearly on the Retreat, 1842
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2390
Paul Delaroche, French
It Never Failed. The Second Before a Battle Was Supposed To Start, Doug Always Had To Sneeze, Date Unknown
Oil on canvas
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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 #2287
Robert Collinson, English
“No Matter What Happens, My Dearest, I Shall Always Love You. Oh, By the Way, You’re Cool Watching My Cats While I’m Gone, Right?,” 1870
Oil on canvas
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 #2169
Winslow Homer, American
“Gentlemen, You Are Confederate Prisoners of War…Traitors To Your Own Country…the Lowest of the Low. That Said, Do You Think You Could Introduce Me To the Guys From Lynyrd Skynyrd?,” 1866
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2167
George Cochran Lambdin, American
Union Soldier Wondering If He Should Brave the Latrine, Or Try To Hold It Until the War’s Over, 1866
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2048
William Gilbert Gaul, American
“Good Luck Fightin’ Them Yankees, Son. We’re All Most of Us Are Rooting For Ya,” 1907
Oil on canvas