Creatures Collection (page 3)

EXTINCT / BEFORE MAN
Creatures of the primitive world - land, sea and air

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

Bronze Sphinx on the Thames Embankment, London
One of a pair of faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy at the foot of Cleopatras needle on the Thames Embankment. They were brought to London in 1878

The Fairies Song - A Midsummers Nights Dream - Act II, scene 2 - Titania asleep, surrounded by her fairy train

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

Aliens from a UFO
At their home at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the Sutton family are besieged by alien creatures who are not hurt even when shot at 21-22 August 1955

Animalcules
At this time, it is thought that all living things - even including sperm and beasties found in dunghill water - are creatures in their own right, little animals or animalcules

Dinosaur / Protosaurus
A PROTOSAURUS, and two of the marine creatures from which it developed - HOLOPTYCHIUS and OSTEOLEPIS

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

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

Startling Stories - When New York Vanished by Henry Kuttner. A large robotic alien insect is imprisoned under a glass dome and is being experimented on by two male scientists

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

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

The Dancing Faun or Satyr - Fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures: fauns are half-man and half-goat, and satyrs originally were depicted as stocky, hairy, ugly dwarfs Date: 1910

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

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?
Dinosaurs pictured as possible inhabitants of the planet Venus in a book on the possibilities of space travel. Date: 1943

Fairy collects berries in the evening light
A fairy clad in greens, collects dark berries in a sack. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Life on Venus is certain to be largely based on its extensive oceans : we can expects its inhabitants to be aquatic creatures of various kinds

The Golden Fleece
Thanks to Medeas magical powers, she is able to help Jason seize the Golden Fleece despite the creatures which guard it

Badger (Bewick)
Ursus meles Few creatures defend themselves better, or bite with greater keenness...it is notwithstanding very harmless and inoffensive

Sea Serpents
Two explanations for the sighting of sea serpents: the first, a school of porpoises; the second, the tentacles of a giant squid

Noah entering the Ark with his family and the living creatures agreeable to the divine command - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 7.7. 1787

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of the Fifth Plane
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1942, featuring the story Goddess of the Fifth Plane by William P. McGivern. A young beautiful woman with a wand stands next to a black roaring lion with

Fantastic Adventures - Onslaught of the druid girls
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1941, featuring the story Onslaught of the druid girls by Ray Cummings. A young beautiful woman rides a hippogriff. Date: 1941

Fantastic Adventures - Lair of the Grimalkin
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1948, featuring the story Lair of the Grimalkin by G. H. Irwin. Amazonian beauty in purple dress with flowers in her hair walks nervously through a swamp with an

Fantastic Adventures - The Octopus of Space
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1949, featuring the story The Octopus of Space by Alexander Blade. A man watches another man in a wet suite fighting a huge octopus out of the round window of a

Spain. The Four Evangelists. Fresco
Spain. Arceniega. Church of Our Lady of Assumption. The Four Evangelists. Fresco from the vault of the atrium

Roman Art. Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens. The deities Athena, Zeus, and Hera, assembled at the far left, preside over a musical contest. Coat of Arms

Fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card
Three fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card, admiring the sea creatures. Date: circa 1890s

Bullocks Museum
The interior of the museum, in Piccadilly, London = the Pantherion contained stuffed animals and exotic creatures in glass cabinets. Date: circa 1820

HUGE CRABS
Sailors, shipwrecked on their way to India, catch and eat huge crabs Date: circa 1600

Spaceship & Creatures
DRAGONS OF SPACE [Aladra Septama] A spaceship from Earth encounters deadly jellyfish- like creatures Date: 1930

Underwater bell, Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
A dolphin and a turtle near an underwater bell at Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA. The ringing of the bell is a signal that it is feeding time. Date: circa 1938

Feeding time, Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
Feeding time at Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA, showing a man holding out a fish for a dolphin, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1938

Display with Glass Barriers
Hand coloured. Illustration of some kind of display with glass barriers, with a corner running down the centre of the image

Once Upon a Time - a sketch by Claude Shepperson
Two nymphs sit and watch a group of fauns and magical creatures happily play. Date: 1918

British soldier with rescued canaries, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier with two rescued canaries in a cage, on the Western Front in France during World War One. The birds were the only living creatures found amongst the ruins. Date: circa 1916

The Fairy Pageant, Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Notre Dame Cathedral Gargoyle, Paris - Chimera. Date: circa 1920

Group of Animals the Israelites were forbidden to eat
Group of Animals the Israelites were forbidden to consume as food. circa late 19th century

Creatures: a pig (probably white) and a bat. Illustration from Christianus Benedictus Carpzov, Kattologia; das ist, Kurze Katzen-Historie. Date: 1716

Imperial Airways Poster, Switzerland
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a Scylla passenger plane flying to Switzerland, with a mermaid and merman looking up in wonder. 1935

Witch and goblins by Reverend Baden Powell
A delightful and typically Victorian sketch of a witch and her goblin friends, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Prehistoric landscape with various creatures
A prehistoric landscape with various creatures in the air, on land, and in the water. 19th century

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