Creature Collection (page 7)

Boy with Horse Date: 1914

Man Tending a Calf Date: 1937

Rooster Crowing Date: 1945

Cow Date: 1951

Kittens Playing with Leaf in the Snow Date: 1910

ROMANUS AND GARGOYLE
Saint Romanus exorcises the gargoyle of Rouen Date: circa 630

HARPIES / DORE
Dante and Virgil encounter these sinister harpies in Inferno, though traditionally there were only three of them

Chinese folklore: dog
Despite its monstrous appearance, this dog is a kindly creature which protects peoples homes from thieves and robbers

DORE SEA SERPENT
Winged monsters of the sea

DORE SEA CREATURE
Monsters of the sea

ADEN GULF SERPENT
Marine creature sighted by the City of Baltimore in the Gulf of Aden Date: 28 January 1879

PLUMPER SEA SERPENT
Marine creature sighted from HMS Plumper near Oporto, Portugal, from a sketch by a witness; he said it seemed to have something like a mane Date: 31 December 1848

SEA HORSE BELON
Marine creature with a horse- like head, front paws and a serpents tail Date: 1553

MONSTER ATTACKS SHIP
A peace-loving sea creature attacks a warship Date: 1558

Fire bird, mythological creature
The hero of this Russian folk- tale plucks a feather from the tail of the Fire Bird as it imprudently passes within arms reach

Basilisk
Gesner, the author of the book whence the image comes, labels this creature a basilisk but its really a ray-fish. Date: 1598

Zmey Goynych (Slavic Three-headed dragon)
Reproduction of a painting by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin depicting the Zmey Goynych (Slavic three-headed dragon). The Russian version (pictured) has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws

Statue of a winged lion with human head. Nimrud
Colossal statue of a winged lion with a human face. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sha
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Irish Elk, Megaloceros giganteus, extinct species of giant deer from the Late Pleistocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Elotherium or Entelodon, extinct genus of Entelodontidae from the early Eocene to Oligocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph)

Elginia mirabilis, extinct pareiasaur, and Hyperodapedon gordoni, extinct rhynchosaur.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Irish Elk or Giant Deer, Reisenhirsch, Megaceros giganteus.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Himantolophus groenlandicus, football fish
A female specimen of the football fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus) which is on display in the Natural History Museums Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery (number 12)

PERI
A winged creature from Persian mythology, once considered malevolent but later perceived as good, beautiful creatures angelic in behaviour as well as in appearance Date: circa 1860

Folklore / Lupeux
A sinister creature of the night in Berry, central France, the mocking cry of the LUPEUX can lure the unwary passer-by into dangerous bogs

Mermaids on the beach, Steamer Point, Aden
Mermaids (sea creatures) on the beach near the Grand Hotel, Steamer Point, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1910

A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New Zealand
A quite spectacular Maori Mounted bell at the Te Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - made in memory of Tara-hai-ahia, a well-respected member of the local Maori community

Chimeras - Notre Dame, Paris, France. On the left is Black Peter the stone gargoyle - all Parisian children know he watches out for naughty children

Fantastic Adventures - Dwellers of the Deep
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1942, featuring the story Dwellers of the Deep by Don Wilcox. Man in wet suit looks through a round window of a submarine

Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca. 1500-1510. Master of the Sa
Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (1475-1510). German painter. St Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca.1500-1510. Oak. From left to right: St John the Evangelist and St Margaret

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

Greek art. Tomb Siren. Greek Asia Minor. C. 550 B. C. Marble
Greek art. Tomb Siren. Greek Asia Minor. C. 550 B.C. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Ishtar Gate. 4th century BC. Babylon
Ishtar Gate. The eight gate of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in 575 BC by order to Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed in 1930. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Bronze wheeled vessel-stand. 1225-1100 BC. Made in Cyprus
Wheeled stand for a vessel with an animal frieze on the ring. The scene depicts a seated figure playing a stringed instrument with another playing a similar instrument

Persian-Achaemenid art. Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a f
Persian-Achaemenid art. Islamic Republic of Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fantastic leonine creature. 5th Century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Greek urn. Greece
Urn (150-200) decorated with a relief depicting the deceased marriage with Aphrodite (center) writing their names on a shield held by Eros. On the right, Bellerophon with Pegasus. Dokimeion marble

Freak Birth of Zardana
This half sheep and multi- bodied and headed creature was taken in the mountains of Zardana in Spain Date: 1655

Hobgoblins, c. 1610
Hobgoblins - a variety of strange creatures, c.1610. Date: C.1610

Mermaid of Zennor wood carving, Zennor Church, Cornwall
A wood carving of a mermaid on the end of a pew in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall. She is known as the Mermaid of Zennor and is depicted with long flowing hair

Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
A man feeding a 600-pound porpoise at Marine Studios, an oceanarium at Marineland, Florida, USA, watched by spectators. Date: 1939

Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauto argo.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Hyracotherium or Eohippus, the dawn horse, of the Tertiary to Eocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Giant Hyrax, Riesenklippdachs, extinct ancestor of the Rock or Cape Hyrax (Procavia capensis).. Colour printed (chromolithograph)

Palaeomastodon, believed to be the ancestors of elephants or mastodons.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Ammonites, extinct group of marine animals belonging to the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a marine chelicerate arthropod.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

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