Postcards - the beginning.

(Sort of) as promised, here are 15 of my original 17 postcards.

1. Edgar Degas, "Two Dancers on a Stage," The Courtauld Gallery, London.

2. James A. M. Whistler, "Girl with Almond Blossom," The Courtauld Gallery, London.

3. Henri Reignault, "Salome," The Met, New York.

4. John Singer Sargent, "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose," Tate Britain, London.

5. Paul Delaroche, Detail from "The Execution of Lady Jane Grey," National Gallery, London.

6. Detail of Mosaic, St Paul's Cathedral, London.

7. Camille Pissarro, "The Boulevard Montmarte on a Winter Morning," The Met, New York.

8. Detail of Mosaic, St Paul's Cathedral, London.

9. Pierre-August Renoir, "Madame Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier and Her Children," The Met, New York.

10. Pablo Picasso, "Girl with Mandolin," Museum of Modern Art, New York.

11. Georges Seurat, Study for "Le Chahut," Courtauld Gallery, London.

12. Pierre-August Renoir, "At the Theatre (La Première Sortie)," National Gallery, London.

13. Edgar Degas, "After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself," National Gallery, London.

14. Georges Seurat, "Young Woman Powdering Herself," Courtauld Gallery, London.

15. Francisco de Goya, "Doña Isabel de Porcel," National Gallery, London.

The other two are not on the wall (for symmetry reasons) and I don't have any pictures of them yet. They're really awesome, post-apocalyptic paintings commissioned for St. Paul's Cathedral in London earlier this decade. They were first hung, I think, right after the mosaics were given their first thorough cleaning in at least a century, and although I don't normally enjoy paintings that depict Christ, I find this pair to be fascinating, especially their very-intentional juxtaposition with the brightly gilded mosaics. I plan on scanning them at work tomorrow so I can show them off, too :)