
BTW: I fed the title of yesterday’s Throwback Thursday into the Midjourney AI image generator, and this is what it came up with. Not too shabby, MJ.



George Henry Hall, American
Shakespeare Wondering If He Should Screw It and Just Use ChatGPT, 1896
Oil on canvas

Frank Xavier Leyendecker, German/American
Scene From the New Edwardian Age “Breaking Bad” Re-Boot, 1910
Oil on canvas

Pehr Hilleström, Swedish
“Sorry, Nothing About Your Love Life, Dear. All I Get This Time of Year Are NCAA Basketball Results,” 1783
Oil on canvas

Edmund Birckhead Bensell, American
Jared, Pondering the Bajillion Other Things He’d Rather Be Doing At This Moment Than Rowing For Uber, 1878
Chromolithograph

James Tissot, French
Madame Parlarieu, Accompanied By the Valet Who Carries Her Spare Bowling Balls, 1884
Oil on canvas

Silvio Allason, Italian
When Carlotta Found Out Her Lover Was Going Off To Prison For 10 Years, She Came Up With an Ingenious Way To Practice, 1892
Oil on canvas

Jan Veth, Dutch
“Oh, This Is What You Meant When You Said You Made Baskets For a Living? I Thought You Played For the Lakers,” Date Unknown
Pencil and watercolor