Reading a Story — James Tissot

Sorrow — Vincent van Gogh

The Return of Ulysses — Giorgio de Chirico

“What inn is this?” — Emily Dickinson

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The Bard and the Bird (Shakespeare Portrait) — Bill Sienkiewicz

Christmas Card — MC Escher

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Reading in the Garden — Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky

Rhinoceros — Ulisse Aldrovandi

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Santa’s Bones (Umberto Eco)

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Miss Ethel Philip Reading — James McNeill Whistler

Fire at Night — Francisco Goya

Andy and Truman Capote (Andy Warhol Is Santa)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne Insults Henry David Thoreau, as Related by David Markson

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Young Girl Reading — Federico Zandomeneghi

Entry for “Bheudh,” from Shipley’s Origins of English Words

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The Picture of Dorian Gray — Ivan Albright

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The Wounded Dear — Frida Kahlo