Gigantic Collection

Starlight bent by the Suns Attraction: The Einstein Theory
This diagram drawn by W. B. Robinson illustrates Professor Einsteins Theory that light is subject to gravitation. The drawing was based on British observers photographs at the eclipse of the sun

Glyptodon Asper
a gigantic forerunner of the armadillo, from the Pleistocene period in South America (near Buenos Aires) more than two metres in length

The Arch of Ctesiphon - Iraq
The gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad. It is traditionally recognised as the palace of Khosrow I

Edouard Beaupre, the Willowbunch giant (1881 - 1904), giant and circus performer, and part of Barnum and Baileys circus. Named here in the Tatler as Arthur Beaupre, the Montana Giant

Mauritius - Pieter Both Mountain
Pieter Both - the second highest mountain of Mauritius - named after Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Date: circa 1910s

A Visit to the Irish Pig! With reflections Physical & Moral
George III, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain Salisbury, inspects a gigantic pig. Salisbury announces That Pig is the Tallest Fittest Properest Pig to stand before the K[ing]

Kraken attacking a fishing boat off the coast of Angola
Kraken or giant cuttlefish attacking a fishing boat off the coast of Angola. After a description by Pierre Denys de Montfort in his Natural History of the Mollusca

The Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, Iraq
Interesting view (from the rear) of the gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad, Iraq

The Arch of Ctesiphon - Iraq
The gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad. It is traditionally recognised as the palace of Khosrow I. Date: circa 1910s

A series of photographs showing the demolition of the Great Wheel at Earls Court, also known as the Gigantic Wheel. After twelve years the Earls Court wheel was been broken up

Giant dragonfly, Petalura gigantea. Australia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815

Giant orb-weaving spider, Araneus grossus (Gigantic epeira spider, Epeira gigas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae (Gigantic dacelo, Dacelo gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubious. Endangered. (Gigantic crane, Ardea argala.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Arapaima, Arapaima gigas (Gigantic sudis, Sudis gigas). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Gigantic water lily variety, Victoria amazonica (Nymphaea gigantea or Victoria fitzroyana). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Gigantic oak leather, Xylostroma giganteum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Giant cabuya, Furcraea foetida (Gigantic furcroea, Furcroea gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1821

Siphocampylus giganteus (endangered)
Siphocampylus giganteus, endangered (Gigantic lobelia, Lobelia gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Gigantic Christmas tree at Crystal Palace 1854
The gigantic Christmas tree at Crystal Palace, Sydenham which occupied the central transept. The general design was carried out by Mr Hurwitz, loaded with a variety of ornaments and nicknacks

A gigantic feast: banquet for French mayors
A gigantic feast: the banquet to the French provincial mayors. The centenary of the proclamation of the French Republic celebrated by a banquet given by President Loubet to the Mayors of France

MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE "At a terific height directly above us
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE " At a terific height directly above us, & upon the very verge of the precipitous descent, hovered a gigantic ship". Date: First published: 1833

The Great Wheel - Earls Court, London
circa 1910s

Secret name revealed, the Queen Mary
Queen Mary and King George V in a glass covered royal box on the lauching platform. Queen Mary over a microphone revealing the name of the long-kepted secret pronouncing the words

TREES / DOUGLAS FIR
Douglas Firs and Gigantic Cedar on the road near New Westminster, British Columbia Date: 1870

FOLKLORE / GRANDBETE
The GRANDBETE (= Great Beast) is a scary monster of Berry, central France, usually in the form of a huge bull, though sometimes as a dog, hare or sheep - but always gigantic Date: 1851

Enormous cotton tree, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Cotton tree with enormous buttresses, historic symbol of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1908

Odysseus offering wine to Polyphemus. Mosaic. 3rd-4rd century. Roman Villa. Piazza Armerina. Sicily. Italy

Vasa Ship Museum, Sweden
The Vasa Museum, Stockholm, houses the gigantic warship Vasa, built in 1628, which sank in Stockholm harbour on its maiden voyage. It was salvaged in 1961

The great American dog, Prince, a Siberian bloodhound, with his owner Mr Francis Butler of New York, who had the honour of attending Windsor Castle with his companion

Fantastic Adventures - Eye of the World by Alexander Blade. Two men parachute over a mountain range, passing by a gigantic jewel

Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536). Italian architect and painter. Villa Farnesina. Renaissance. Detail Frescoes. Polyphemus. Cyclope. Rome. Italy

Fossils in Colorado
Huge fossil bones belonging to gigantic antediluvan animals found in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: 1878

Memnon Colossi / Thebes
Amenhotep III (18th Dyn) built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic 75ft high statues on the outer gates. These have survived nature and relocation Date: 1848

Peter Garden (131)
PETER GARDEN Scotsman from Aberdeenshire, famous for his uninterrupted health, gigantic stature and longevity, keeping his faculties entire to the last Date: 1624 - 1755

Great or gigantica mantis, Mantis gigas, from Amboyna.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Gigantic-flowered birthwort, Aristolochia gigantea.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Gigantic-leaved trumpet-flower, Bignonia grandiflora.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Pigmy hermit, Phaetornis pygmaeus, and gigantic or giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

Gigantic Crane, Devonport, Devon
Gigantic Crane, Devonport, Plymouth, near Stonehouse, Devon, England. Captioned: Devonports Gigantic Crane to lift 160 tons, tested 240 Date: 1910s

Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

British armies launched gigantic attacks on Somme 1916
On 16 July 1916, after an intensive bombardment, the British armies launched a series of gigantic attacks on the Somme, which persisted until November

Launch of Cunarder, Aquitania, by G. H. Davis
The launch of the year. First drawings of the gigantic Cunarder, the Aquitania, in the process of being built on the Clyde. Above: a cross section

1932 Los Angeles Olympic Stadium
The gigantic 125, 000 seater stadium in Los Angeles which was the setting for the 1932 Olympic Games. Building was begun in 1921 and it was then rebuilt to its larger proportions. Date: 1932

Royal Lilliputians a gigantic organization of lilliputians, dwarfs, midgets, and giants. Date c1900

Imre Kiralfys gigantic aquatic historical spectacle, Venice, the bride of the sea at Olympia. Date c1891

Grotesque puppeteer
A rather grotesque and gigantic puppeteer performs a lewd puppet show for an equally lewd looking audience of considerably smaller people. Date: 1919

A page from the Sketch, 1898
The small talk section of The Sketch, dated 16th March 1898, featuring a picture of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) with his new Borchardt gun, and a gigantic bed, which, the article tells us

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