Curse Collection

Sleeping Beauty ballet, christening scene
The christening scene in a ballet version of the Sleeping Beauty, with the wicked fairy Carabosse putting her curse on the baby Princess in her cradle

Rhinos attack a Lion
Curse of the Great White Rhino. Two rhinos charge and attack a Lion. Pen and Ink (with wash) preliminary sketch by Raymond Sheppard

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

Tennyson, Shalott, W hse
The curse is come upon me, cried the Lady of Shalott

Egypt / Tutankhamen
Howard Carter at the tomb of Tutankhamen, in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor

Archbishop of York cursing William the Conqueror Date: 11th century

The Curse: Adam is digging in the ground, assisted by Death.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

MARINER, DEADMEN ON SHIP
The Mariner is forced to confront the accusing eyes of his dead shipmates: Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die Date: First published: 1798

Comic postcard, Boy swearing in front of girl Date: 20th century

A dinner party ruined by the arrival of a stinking game dish
A dinner party ruined by the arrival of a game dish that has gone off. Miseries of the Table. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Papal cursing bell for animals

Soapbush or Kosters curse, Clidemia hirta (Melastoma hirtum]. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1818

The Sweaters Furnace or the Real Curse of Labour: an unscrupulous boss works blood, sweat and tears from his employees in the textile industry Date: 1888

Plate - WWI humour
Plate - Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row. A muttered curse, but neer a whine. And thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise enow. Good condition

Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
HANS DANIEL HASSENPFLUG German statesman of Hesse, whose reactionary anti- constitutional policies earned him the nickname Hessenfluch - the curse of Hesse

Reliquary Guardian Figure (ethnicity Kota or Bakota, Fang). They protect the relics of the ancestors and are helpful to communicate with their gods and to curse their wives in case of infidelity

Snowdrop by Katharine Cameron
Snowdrop (or Snow White) by Katharine Cameron. Snowdrop appears to be dead. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Lorna & Errol Holder walking along the dock of a Greek Island, to board the curse liner Date: 1978

The curse of Cain. Mosaic. Palace of the Normans. Palermo
Byzantine Art. Italy. The curse of Cain. Mosaic. Palace of the Normans or Royal Palace. Palatine Chapel. 12th century. Palermo. Sicily

Pontius Pilate washed his hands. Miniature. Poesies Devotes
Pontius Pilate. Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea from 26-36 AD. Miniature. Pilate washed his hands. Poesies Devotes, 16th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Reliquary Guardian Figure (ethnicity Kota, Fang). They protect the relics of the ancestors and are helpful to communicate with their gods and to curse their wives in case of infidelity. African art

Plate - WWI humour
Plate - Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine. And thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise enow. Good condition

Plate - Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the row
Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow

Plate inscribed with parodic verses, WW1
Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow

Chinese Opium Smokers. In 1907, the Chinese Government condemned Opium smoking (and addiction) as the greatest curse of the country and passed laws to restrict its use. Date: circa 1908

Fossil Wood
Fossilised palm from the North African desert that supposedly carries a curse

The Wizard casts his curse
Prince Peters Good Servants. The Wizard casts his curse

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

William I curses his son Robert
William, King of England, curses his rebellious son Robert, Duke of Normandy Date: 1078

From The Sleeping Beauty by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Rhinemaidens Warn s
Act three : the Rhinemaidens warn Siegfried of the curse

British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET. British Ballad telling the story of Lord Thomas who is in love with Fair Annet and plans to marry her

British Ballad, Kempion (Kemp Owyne)
KEMPION (Kemp Owyne) British Ballad telling the story of a woman turned into a dragon, by her stepmother, who curses her to remain so until the Kings son comes to kiss her three times

Shakespeares grave, Stratford upon Avon
A view of Shakespeares grave in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon. The stone slab covering his grave is inscribed with a curse against anyone who disturbs his bones

The Earl of Carnarvon the initiator of the explorations in the Valley of the Kings. Born in 1866, Carnarvon sponsored Howard Carters excavations of the royal tombs in Thebes

Trotskys Fathers Curse
Trotskys old father, in the synagogue of Ekaterinoslav, asks the congregation to join him in cursing his son who has brought so many tears and so much blood to Russia

Shem is Cursed by Noah
Shem, Noahs eldest son, sees his father in an indecent posture and mocks him, for which he receives his fathers curse

Francois Rabelais / Dore
FRANCOIS RABELAIS A cartoon of the French writer depicting him dissecting society and writing his book

Excavation Tomb / 1923
The excavation of Tutankhamens tomb

Mr Harding of London cursed by gipsy Martha
Mr Harding of London is cursed by the gipsy Martha when he refuses to give her money

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