A Trip Through English History

doré's depictions of london are like an emotion of themselves to me

As with previous polls in this genre, I presume that the "average" sheep would have equal proportions of each part. The degree to which each deviates from the average will determine its size on our Final Sheep.

The Final Sheep indeed.

Ceramic inkstand depicting St. George and the Dragon, Italy, circa 1475

from The Victoria & Albert Museum

The return of George and his weak-ass dragons

Horse thoughts: I don't even gotta move for this one

“Cats Instructed By an Owl in the Art of Mouse-Catching” (1700)

there is a whole lotta wow in this painting even before you get to the fairy with a brass horn up his ass

"Miss Sukey and her Nursery" is the title of a hand-coloured mezzotint made by John Raphael Smith in 1772. It shows a young woman holding a swaddled cat on her lap and preparing to feed it with a spoon.

Housed at the British Museum

Medieval Grotesque, Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries and Galloway

It is thought that the carving may be a comic depiction of a stone mason involved in the construction of the castle.

Phenakistoscope - England - 1833 - Published by Thomas McLain, London

“Poppies, Harebells and Mayweed, August 1906″ 

by Edith Holden (1871-1920)

Source: morning-earth.org

Summer Day Dress, 1880

Worn by Madame Bartholomé in the painting In the Conservatory, by Albert Bartholomé (ca. 1881)

via The Met

Saint George and the Dragon, ca. 1350

Vitale da Bologna, 1289-1359

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy

I rate this George as Cool (for George). Also, nice Cutiemark.

At Binsey, near Oxford George Price Boyce (1826–1897) The Higgins Bedford

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (British, 1823–1903) - Toklihili: The Young Indian Princess

"Then I said to her: “My lady, these examples show that long ago, the wise were honored more than they are now and the sciences were held in greater esteem. But regarding your words about women who are expert in the art of painting, I know a woman right now by the name of Anastasia who is so talented and skilled in painting decorative borders on manuscripts and landscape backgrounds that one cannot find an artisan to equal her in the whole city of Paris, where the best in the world are found.

She so excels at painting flower motifs in the most exquisite detail and is so highly esteemed that she is entrusted with the richest and most valuable manuscripts. I know this from my own experience, because she has done work for me that is considered exceptional among the decorations created by other great artisans."

Christine de Pizan (1364-1430), The Book of the City of Ladies (finished c. 1405)

Portrait of Christine de Pizan at work in her 1405 Advision Christine, bordered with decorative filigree matching the description of work by Anastasia.

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1909

William Osborn - Beach at Dusk, St Ives Harbour 1895　 oil on canvas (Tate Collection, London)

A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (1689) and BIBLE (1640)

Bound in one volume and embroidered with silk and coloured threads. On the upper cover: Plenty with her cornucopia. On the lower cover: Peace with an olive branch. Several examples of this design are known. The sun's rays are small strips of metal held down by cross stitches.

Held by the Bodleian Library

source

Lawson Wood (British, 1878 - 1957) - "Here begineth the first lesson"