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Edward Poynter

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Painting of a grand throne hall with red columns, golden lions, peacocks and a queen approaching a bearded king.

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon

1890

Nude red-haired woman on a rock above crashing sea waves, with teal drapery and a chain against dark cliffs.

Andromeda

1869

Nude nymphs in a sea cave sort gold coins and jewels as a storm wrecks ships in the waves beyond.

The Cave of the Storm Nymphs

1903

Painting of a nude woman adjusting her hair beside a pool in an ornate classical interior with mosaic columns and a white her

Diadumenè

1883

Eliza Eastlake

1864

Painting of a woman in a pink gown at a window with carnations on a marble ledge, city buildings visible outside.

Asterié

1904

Roman soldier with spear standing in a doorway, gazing upward, with fallen bodies and falling embers in the dim interior behi

Faithful Unto Death

1865

Woman in a red headscarf and coral dress holds honeysuckle in a marble classical interior with a butterfly and doves.

Psyche in the Temple of Love

1882

Painting of a barefoot woman in a pink gown dancing in a colonnaded marble hall while women and a flute player watch.

The Ionian Dance

1895

Painting of workers hauling a huge lion statue past an Egyptian temple with an obelisk and pyramids in the distance.

Israel in Egypt

1867

Watercolor of a long woodland avenue lined with tall bare trees, with a small figure walking along the shadowed path.

An Allée in the Woods

1859

Pencil study on tan paper of billowing and folded drapery, with a smaller crumpled cloth study below.

Study for Festival

c. 1875

Pencil portrait of a curly-haired man with a mustache, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and cravat, gazing toward the viewer.

Portrait of Whistler

1850

Ink drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat by an easel, beside a dark seated figure seen from behind at a lit table.

Whistler drawing Poynter; back view of a man seated at a table near a lighted lamp

1860

Graphite study on tan paper of raised arms, hands, and a female torso with arms overhead.

Study for The Festival

1871

Sketch of helmeted Minerva in draped robe holding a spear, black and white chalk on rust-toned paper, 1886.

Minerva

1886

Pencil sketch of honeysuckle branches with leaves and blossoms arching across a cream sheet.

Honeysuckle

1878

Pencil drawing of Florence houses rising above the Arno, with a boatman in a small boat and their reflections on the water.

A View of the Arno, Florence

1874

Study of a Young Man's Head with Right Arm Outstretched

1860

Watercolor of yellow narcissus flowers in an ornate blue and cream vase set within a brown arched niche.

Narcissus in a Blue and White Vase

1864