Drowning you tenderly

A celebration of all women of the water, from nereids to naiads, mermaids, sirens and selkies. We pride ourselves in having high quality, diverse images that are properly cited. If an image is not sited and you would like it to be, submit an ask and we will try find the creator of the work. We are a refined collection of water women images. We hope you enjoy your stay. Contemporary and Classical Illustrations are both welcome here, if you would like to submit a piece.

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By Pavel Orinyansky

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The Mermaid Queen 🪸

A painting I did for @dinoberrypress's TTRPG Little Wolves.

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Hippolyte-Casimir Gourse, 1870-1932

Nereid, n/d, oil on canvas, 43.31x27.76 in

Private Collection

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Illustrations from The Heroes: or, Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Maud Hunt Squire & Ethel Mars (1901)

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Eduard Wiiralt, 1898-1954

Sirène, 1926, xylographie en noir sur papier structuré, 17x14 cm

Private Collection

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Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky, 1839-1915

Mermaids, 1885, gouache, pen and ink on paper, 33x30.5 cm

Private Collection

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The Treasure by Michael Parkes (2021)

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Edwards Harlene hair tonic and yacht club ads ~ artist unknown ~ from an 1894 London News

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Die Nixe by Angelo von Courten (19th Century)

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The Children’s Book

edited by Frances Hodgson Burnett

New York

Cupples & Leon Company

1915

The Little Mermaid and the Star

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Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844 -1905, Italian) ~ Fisherman and Mermaids in the Blue Grotto on Capri, n/d

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