UNDERWATER scenes in art

       
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disputedly,  the first ever underwater photographer was Louis-Bhutan 

at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago       see full size

       
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a 1938 glass bottom boat   "Viewing the Submarine Gardens"

       
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a Mort Kunstler illustration       see full size

       
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a Rockwell Kent illustration

       
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a Dorothy P. Lathrop children's book illustration 

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a Line Vautrin box,  1955       see full size

       
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from a 1906 children's book illustration ... in that era

bare breasts were not an issue       see full size

      
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a Heinrich Kley drawing   "Love's Labor Lost"
   
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"Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom"
 1876 Art by Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin 

From Wikipedia:  Sadko (Russian: Садко) is a character of
Russian medieval epic Bylina.  He was an adventurer,
merchant and gusli musician from Novgorodrom.

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a Jay Ward television animation layout of a submarine       see full size
       
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1960s aqua-dancers perform aqua-theatre for empty 
seats in the aqua-quarium       see full size
       
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a 1960s kids show on television,  "Diver Dan"
had fish marionettes behind a tank of real fish
... it looked interesting,  but it was boring
for kids       see full size
       
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Dr. Seuss  "Secrets of the Deep Vol.2"
       
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a 1922 room screen
       
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Maurits Cornelis Escher
       
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scraping and inspecting the hull in 1880       see full size
       
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a Walter King Stone illustration
       
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a Virgil Finlay illustration
       
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one thing's certain about the 1960s ... even the ocean floor had style
       
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a television animation submarine,  this time from UPA       see full size
       
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a Paul Woodroffe illustration,  1908

    
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a Colin See Paynton illustration       see full size

      
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a 1966 illustration       see full size

        
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a Barnett Freedman illustration,  1943       see full size

        
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a George Cruikshank cartoon       see full size

          
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a Russ Heath comic book,  1960s

               
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a Linley Sambourn illustration       see full size

       
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Wallace Wood

        

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okay let's take a good close look and . . . yes!  It's THE END

... a Victor Beals illustration,  1934

      

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