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Sleep and His Half-Brother Death is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1874. Waterhouse's first Royal Academy exhibit (submitted from his father's house at 1 Scarsdale Villas), it was painted after both his younger brothers died of tuberculosis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_and_His_Half-Brother_Death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse

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[–] UtMan1988 1 points 1 month ago

And they were roommates