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The Highbinders' Rat Pit This strange image was adapted from a vintage play poster for 'The Queen of Chinatown'. Apparently this sailor is being saved from a whole bunch of rats. |
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Mona Smiley Most people don't realize that Mona Lisa had a sister named Smiley who Leonardo da Vinci painted first. |
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genuine tea 'Teas Genuine as Imported'. Very cool vintage Asian woodcut with a lightly distressed look. Unusual and fun image for all. |
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American Gothic Smileys The Smileys lived next door to the famous couple that Grant Wood painted in "American Gothic". |
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head on a table This image is adapted from a vintage magician poster. Creepy, macabre, goth, sinister and horrific! Perfect for a t-shirt. |
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Nightbunnies Sometimes, you just get the
munchies at odd hours. |
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Hare Wars A long time ago in a warren far, far away .... |
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Smiley's Mother After painting his mother, James Abbot McNeill Whistler created his "Arrangement in Grey, Black and Yellow: Portrait of Smiley's Mother" for his next-door neighbor. |
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Smiley Scream Edvard Munch actually did a number of variations of his famous painting "The Scream", including this slightly more cheerful version. |
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Hypnotic Skirt Dance Wha?!? Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Flint's Hypnotic Skirt Dance. Yes, those are men in dresses kicking up their heals! |
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The Clark Sisters Five This spooky portrait is from the late 1800s. I saw what I wanted to do with this right away. I love it when a photo looks sinister without even trying. |
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Blue Boy Smiley Before painting his famous "Blue Boy", Thomas Gainsborough painted "Blue Smiley". Unfortunately, people were confused because the smiley was actually yellow, and so he abandoned the idea. |
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Smiley Venus Botticelli's famous "Birth of Venus" was actually painted over this early, more light-hearted, version. |
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tea's ready Cool vintage woodcut of an Asian man offering some tea. Distressed image for true retro effect. |
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Rossow Midgets The Rossow Midgets Star Specialty Co. Herman Rossow Proprietor. Charles and Frank Rossow duke it out in the ring. The Smallest and Greatest Fighters in the World. First round time! |
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Vitruvian Smiley After he sketched his famous "Vitruvian Man", Leonardo da Vinci created a colorized version of his slightly less famous "Vitruvian Smiley". |
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Anatomia del Corpo Humano Engraving by Juan Valverde de Amusco. Flayed corpse showing the musculature of the human body. 1559. |
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Wang I don't get it either! Very Strange & very cool. DeWolf Hopper in 'Wang'. Odd and completely unique artwork. |
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devil (off register) The Devil never looked so good. Demonic art for any season! Ever so cool art wear. Perfect for creative types, goths, punks and fashionistas. |
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Ghirlandaio Smiley After he painted his famous portrait of the dour Giovanna Tornabuoni in 1488, Domenico Ghirlandaio decided he wanted a slightly more cheerful subject for his next painting. |
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Smiley Family Portrait In 1621, Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck (Van Dyke) painted a rare portrait of an entire family of Smileys. Their cat, also of cheerful disposition, was not invited to the sitting. |
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grotesque head Well, I don't know about 'grotesque', but it is odd. Gothic woodcut by M. Legrain in 1878 originally sculpted for use as a fountain! Cool gargoyles, too. |
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GothFlower A black daisy with a skull in the centre |
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Just the Devil Variation of Thurston's Tall Devil. Nice and wicked image of Satan and some demons. |
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kid clubbing bird Gives new meaning to the term 'club kids'. Surreal and sinister vintage woodcut re-designed for apparel. Don't try this at home. |
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High Rollers - Initiation The High Rollers Extravaganza Co. Initiating a High Roller. A bunch of ugly old men dunking a voluptuous beauty head first into a vat of beer. Vintage burlesque show poster. |
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Smiley VIII Most people think that Henry VIII was one of the more eccentric kings of England, what with all the beheadings and all, but he couldn't hold a candle to Smiley VIII. |
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Mestayer's We, Us & Co. Incredible Illustration! Beautifully odd vintage portrait for a comedy troupe. |
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Smiley Bar Right next to the more famous bar at the Folies-Bergère was the bar where all the smileys hung out, as painted by Eduoard Manet. |
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Sunbeam Like a little ray of ... well, you know. |
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Napoleon Smiley A lot of people don't realize that Napoleon "Smiley" Bonaparte had a lighter side (when he wasn't trying to conquer the known world, that is). |
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kid axing dog Ah, the good old days. Life was so simple then. Boys could take an ax to a dog without batting an eye. Horrific and strange... yet cool. |
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Faust! Lewis Morrison as "Mephistopheles". "The Brocken". Deviant artwork perfect for those into gothic themes. |
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