Potion Gallery

Aguarda Que Te Unten, plate from Los Caprichos, 1799 (etching & aquatint)

3112269 Aguarda Que Te Unten, plate from Los Caprichos, 1799 (etching & aquatint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 32x22 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: very good impressions from the First Edition of approximately three hundred impressions, published by the artist in 1799); Photo A© Christie's Images; Spanish, out of copyright

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Amina Becomes a Horse

Receive the reward of your crimes ! - Amina receives the magic potion in her face from her husband Sidi-Nouman, and is forthwith transformed into a horse - permanently

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Amina, Arabian, Crimes, Face, Forthwith, Historical, History, Horse, Husband, Magic, Myth, Nights, Nouman, Permanently, Potion, Receive, Receives, Reward, Sidi, Story, Transformed

Study for The Magic Circle, 1886 (oil on canvas)

CH21743 Study for The Magic Circle, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917); 61.5x41.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: this painting is a compositional sketch for The Magic Circle (1886) now in the permanent collection of Tate; the larger, signed version was shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1886 and purchased for the nation by a committee of Royal Academicians using funds from the Chantrey Bequest;
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); Photo A© Christie's Images; English, out of copyright

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