Spell Collection

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love
Siegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight

Fairy Tales of Winter - Cinderella by Pauline Baynes
Cinderella by Pauline Baynes, one of four illustration of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this instance, Cinderella is transformed by her fairy godmother into a dazzling princess while her

Odysseus & Tame Animals
Odysseus and his men are amazed by a group of strangely tame wild animals - a lion licks Eurylochuss foot. Circe has cast a spell on them

The Loss Book at Lloyds of London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of Lloyds underwriters consulting the Loss Book in their offices, after a bad spell of storms in the winter of 1876-7

Fairy Tales of Summer - Sleeping Beauty by Pauline Baynes
Sleeping Beauty by Pauline Baynes, one of a four illustrations of a fairy tale to reflect each season. In this instance, the handsome prince emerges from the forest to find Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty - 6
Beauty - and everyone else in the palace, human or animal - fall asleep under the witchs spell: only she and her familiars, cat and crow, are immune

North Berwick Witches casting spells
The North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells

Fairy casting a magic spell
Fantasy scene of a fairy casting a magic spell with her wand over a clump of buttercups as a Peacock Butterfly flaps serenely past

Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest
A scene from Shakespeares play, The Tempest, in which Prospero and his daughter Miranda watch the shipwreck -- fortunately, no-one will be harmed

Pitt in Commons / 1804
William Pitt (the Younger) addresses the House in 1804, the year he began his second spell as Prime Minister

Ice Cream Seller & Dog
A sudden spell of hot weather brings ice cream vendors many customers, including this dog who insists on being served along with his small owner

Comic postcard, Couple at seaside - letter from wife Date: 20th century

French actresses in swimsuits at Great Fosters, Egham
Betty Spell and Reine Paulet, actresses playing in Paris in London at the Comedy Theatre in 1932, pictured visiting Great Fosters in Egham

The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798, by Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

DANIEL AT THE FEAST
Mysterious graffiti appear on the wall when Belshazzar, last king of Babylon, is feasting, Daniel tells him, rightly, that they spell doom for him : the king dies that night

The Spell of Football - spectators engrossed in the game. 1907

Illustration, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. The storm at sea, watched by Ariel. Date: 1840

Trainee Signalmen use semaphore to spell their regiment
circa 1910s

Repeating Pattern - Cinderella Story - green background
Repeating Pattern - Characters from the story of Cinderella (in white silhouette on a green background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Repeating Pattern - Cinderella Story - yellow background
Repeating Pattern - Characters from the story of Cinderella (in white silhouette on a yellow background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Witch at Halloween
A witch brewing a potion to make a spell of joy at Halloween. Date: circa 1910

The Sleeping Beauty. Engraving. Colored
The Sleeping Beauty. The miracle of love. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Casting a spell
A magician casts a spell for a military client. Date: medieval

Illustration, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Kupka. Date: early 20th century

Cl魥nt-Bayard Vintage Car
Cl魥 nt-Bayard Vintage Car, England. Showing Vesta Tilley (Spell as Clement Bayard for search purposes) Date: 1910s

Book cover, Learning to Spell, by Irene Martyn. Showing a girl at a desk in front of a blackboard. Date: circa 1940s

Frederik Henriks Oath
Prince Frederik Henrik (spell his name any way you like) swears an oath regarding Holland and West Friesland. Date: circa 1640

Nursery Tale - Baby Bunting - Bewitched
Nursery Tale - Baby Bunting - Baby Bunting Bewitched and turned into a white rabbit. Date: 1880

Teacher gets funny response from young boy
A Teacher gets funny response to a question asked to a forthright young flame-haired chap. " Yes, Bobby, C stands for Cat; now what does D stand for

Put the pennant beside the flag - Both spell victory United

A witch sits by her cauldron surrounded by wildlife: a raven sit on top of her armchair, an owl perches in the beams, a tortoise and fish (presumably alive no more) dangle from the ceiling

Ballad / Gypsy Laddie
THE GYPSY LADDIE The gypsies cast a spell over the earl of Cashans lady, and she goes off with them and settles for an open air life with the gypsie laddie. Date: 1918

Swan Lake ballet, Swan Princess and Siegfried
The Swan Princess begs Siegfried not to shoot, and reveals that she and her followers are enchanted by the wicked Rotbart

Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again
Siegfried and Odette are about to embrace when the evil Rotbart disguised as a large owl appears, and the unfortunate girls become swans again

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried promises delivery from Rotbart
Siegfried promises to deliver the swans from the evil spell of Rotbart and they all dance for joy. He invites Odette to the ball his parents are giving

Fable / the Sorceress
THE SORCERESS An evil sorceress casts a spell and conjures up a demon

Knur & Spell Game
An enthralled crowd watch a game of Knur and Spell, traditionally played in the North of England from Medieval times, from the Norse nurspel ( ball game )

Magician / Ritual / Spell
A magician carries out a ritual to free a client from a malevolent spell

No Smoking Aloud
A very funny postcard about an Irishman who can t spell and thinks, poor fellow, that a notice saying NO SMOKING ALLOWED means NO SMOKING ALOUD, so he smokes quietly

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig4
Act 4 scene 2 : Robert breaks the magic branch, destroying the spell set by Bertram, the Devil

Sporting Fashions C. 1805
A group of ladies enjoy a spell outdoors. Two ladies wear their hair in the fashionable titus cut. Their gowns have half-length sleeves & low, square necklines

Fairies Oberon & Titania
Act II, Scene II Oberon sprinkles his spell onto Titania as she sleeps; a mischievious Puck flitters behind him

The Six Swans Anderson
The princess is about to be burnt when she is rescued by her brothers who until now have been turned into swans thanks to a magic spell

Sleeping Beauty - 7
The Thirteenth Fairy, who has been slighted during the baptism of new-born Beauty, casts a spell on the infant, to everyones consternation

Sleeping Beauty Wedding
The spell is broken, everyone in the palace wakes up, and the prince and princess marry

Sleeping Beauty Spell
The thirteenth fairy, who has not been invited to celebrate the princesss birth, casts a spell on the baby

7 Ravens at Dinner
The seven ravens (seven brothers transformed by a wicked spell) sit at the dinner table

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