#edward poynter

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Orpheus and Eurydice by Edward John Poynter

[hamletthedane]

Thinking about him (the soldier in Poynter’s Faithful Until Death painting watching an apocalypse unfold around him with horror in his eyes as he tries to keep himself standing beneath a doorway, based on an actual 19th century archeological find of a man in full soldier’s garb under a doorway at Pompeii)

[venustapolis]

Andromeda (Edward Poynter, 1869)

[leatherandmossprints]

‘The Cave of the Storm Nymphs’ by Edward Poynter, c. 1903.

[lionofchaeronea]

Faithful Unto Death, Edward Poynter, 1865

[random-brushstrokes]

Edward Poynter - Andromeda (1869)

[escapismsworld]

The Ides of March

1883

Edward Poynter

[1ilium-candidum]

When the World was Young, 1891 - oil on canvas. — Edward Poynter (English, 1836-1919)

[classicalcanvas]

Title: The Water Carriers of the Nile

Artist: Edward Poynter

Date: 1862

Genre: Portrait

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Andromeda: Edward Poynter, 1869

[womblegrinch]

Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919) - Water babies

Oil on canvas. Painted in 1900.

20 x 15.25 inches, 50.8 x 38.5 cm. Estimate: £60,000-80,000.

Sold Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2024 for £48,000 incl B.P.

[illustratus]

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon by Edward John Poynter

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Edward Poynter (British, 1836-1919) Andromeda, Detail, 1869

[4eternal-life]

Edward John Poynter  (English, 1836 – 1919)

The Festival (1875)

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[leatherandmossprints]

‘Cave of the Storm Nymphs’ by Edward Poynter, c. 1903.

[quillandquotation]

"In carrying out the excavations near the Herculanean gate of Pompeii, the skeleton of a soldier in full armour was discovered. Forgotten in the terror and confusion that reigned during the destruction of the city, the sentinel had received no order to quit his post, and while all sought their safety in flight, he remained faithful to his duty, notwithstanding the certain doom which awaited him."

//Based on Poynter's painting of 1865 (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), this etching was made to illustrate Clarence Cook's "Art and Artists of Our Time."