Fanciful Collection (#2)

Uncle Lubin, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Uncle Lubins Holiday, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1940s, unfinished) -- It was a tumbledown kind of place. Uncle Lubin decides that he needs a haircut before his family holiday

Flat feet remedy, illustration by William Heath Robinson
A new method of curing flat feet and restoring the natural arch to the pedal extremities, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Spring feelings, illustration by William Heath Robinson
An intelligent endeavour to recapture those long lost spring feelings in the early months of the year, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Patient fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson
A party of benevolent philanthropists rewarding the patience of unfortunate fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Testing Candidates by William Heath Robinson
Testing candidates for the position of water diviner on the Metropolitan Water Board. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

Skull, tooth and fanciful illustration of a Dinotherium, shown as a kind of seal-like creature.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Encyclopaedia of Sport - Tickling the Dugong
VII. Tickling for Dugong on the plains of Oudh. Another unusual and fanciful sport from the imagination of William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914

Imaginary view of a flying machine
Imaginary front view of a Vaisseau Volant (flying machine), looking like a Faberge egg with green wings. Date: 1780s

Sketch of an Imaginative Subject. Formerly A Fanciful Subject.. Burn, Rodney Joseph 1899 - 1985

Flying Globe

Flying Globe and Air Balloon
Two fanciful technical drawings. Above is a Globe Volant (Flying Globe) in which Giroud de Villette and M Rozier passed over Paris on 19 October 1783

Airship shaped like a fish, Spain
An airship shaped like a fish, being rowed across the sky from the town of Plazentia to Coria in Spain, piloted by Dom Joseph Patinho

Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion
Satirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829

Satirical cartoon, Locomotion Plate 2, A few small inconveniences Theres nothing perfect. Showing a man in a steam powered walking machine with things going wrong all around him. circa 1835

Satirical cartoon, Locomotion
Satirical cartoon: Locomotion. Walking by Steam. Riding by Steam. Flying by Steam. Showing two women riding a wheeled vehicle made of a large teapot

People and animals with a balloon
Fanciful design showing crowds of people and animals watching the ascent of an idealised balloon (complete with what appears to be a key to wind it up)

Excursion to the moon
Fanciful depiction of Chevalier Humguffier (or Humgussier) and the Marquis de Gull making an excursion to the moon in their new aerial vehicle. 1784

Fanciful ballooning scene

Fanciful balloon, La Minerve
Fanciful drawing of a balloon carrying a large ship entitled La Minerve vaisseau airien, designed by Professor Robertson. circa 18th century

Balloon ascending with animal passengers
The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon. A fanciful engraving of a balloon rising with a cage full of animals (a duck, a cockerel and a lamb), with a crowd of people watching. 1783

Miss Revue by H. Folkard
A young woman dressed in a fanciful black and white checked costume with a long cane, ready to perform in a theatrical revue. Date: 1920s

Wedding Dress of 1827
Highly decorated wedding dress with embroidery depicting flowers, a low-cut ruff and very fanciful hair-styling

Costume / Women / Paris 1863
A later 19th century depiction of fashions of the 1860s. A young Parisian lady wears a dress with full bishop sleeves & wide skirt supported by a cage crinoline

Bathing in 1813
A Bathing Woman takes her charges out to sea at Scarborough, Yorkshire - a fanciful depiction !

Steeple Headdress
A fanciful Victorian depiction of a mediaeval lady wearing a Hennin or steeple headdress of the late C15th. Other aspects of her costume date from the 14th century

Schliemanns Excavations
The so-called Scaean Gate and Palace of Priam, Hissarlik. Schliemanns rather fanciful interpretations of his findings at the site of Troy

Cape by Poiret / 1914
In a year when capes were all the rage Paul Poiret creates this theatrical black & red evening cape depicted by the artist in the style of a Japanese woodcut

Ministere De LA Marine
A surreal depiction showing people in front of the Ministere de la marine looking upwards at an assortment of flying entities e.g men with harpoons riding whales

Is it a Peacock ???
Is it a peacock? A strange bird with brightly coloured plumage, a crest and a tail that looks like it would fan out to give an impressive display

Make-Believe Muffin-Man
A little boy in picturesque green costume plays at being a muffin-man in a brooding, leafy landscape. He wanders up a pathway leaving his playmates behind

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