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Sleep and His Half-Brother Death - John William Waterhouse (1874)

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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

It' s a reference to gods Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death), who are brothers.

I thought of Gaiman and Sandman too. Sleep could'a been one of the Endless if his name started with a D. :|

And they were roommates