Dragons Collection

Puccini / Turandot
Portrait of Princess Turandot

A fantasy illustration of marine reptiles
The Sea-Dragons as they lived. Frontispiece by John Martin from The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons by Thomas Hawkins, 1840

LA Tarasque Polka

Medea and the Fleece
Medea, daughter of Aeetes king of Colchis who possesses the Golden Fleece, uses magic to send the guardian dragons to sleep, enabling her lover Jason to steal the Fleece

Japanese masonry Dragon. Date: circa 1910s

Mexico - Teotihuacan - Temple of Quetzacoatal
Mexico - Teotihuacan - Aztec Pyramid Temple of Quetzalcoatl ( The Temple of the Feathered Serpent ) - elaborate exterior stone carving with dragon and lizard heads

Avenant and Dragon
Avenant confronts a fearsome dragon - fortunately, a helpful owl is bringing him a magic phial, and all are able to live happily ever after, hero and dragon alike

A fire-breathing dragon - Florence Mary Anderson
" Where are you, my Gaston, " she called. A princess and a fire breathing dragon - illustration by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

Kronos Eats his Children
VILLAGE LIFE:butcher works, monk distributes charity, man sits in stocks, others plough irrigate, wash fleeces, as Saturn/Cronos (Time) flies by

Saint Michael
The archangel MICHAEL, with one of his companions, slay a pair of dragons who are, of course, demons in disguise. Michael slew quite a number of such dragons in his day

Dragons of Snowdon
Two dragons, sleeping beneath Snowdon, prevent the 5th century ruler Vortigern from building a castle at the source of the Conway River, near Snowdon

Chinese Dragon
Ornamental Chinese dragon

Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy
Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee on finding her ancestors -- they can be seen as monsters on Chinese vases and plates. Date: 1924

Siegfried Kills Fafner
Act two : armed with the magic sword Notung, Siegfried kills Fafner, who has taken on the form of a dragon

London Postcard 1905
Postcard sending Greetings from London. The coat of arms in the centre shows two dragons

Dragon Gods
Dragon gods

Dragon of Wantley
THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY seizes another victim

Alican Land Barrage Balloons
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows some Alican Land barrage ballons used to push back the misery dragons

Dragons - Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon
A close-up detailed view of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire. Likely a gift from Bishop Henry de Blois

Dragon attacked by swarm of bees
A dragon is foiled when a swarm of bees distracts its attention, enabling the child to be snatched from the jaws of death! Date: 1887

WW II 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
End of World War II 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits the Siegried Line Dragons Teeth - also Field Marshall Mongomery and General Simpson

Fossil of an extinct crinoid or sea lily. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Dragons blood, rattan or rotang, Daemonorops draco (Calamus draco). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Dragons mouth, Arethusa bulbosa
Dragons mouth or bulbous arethusa, Arethusa bulbosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by P. Syme for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Dragons blood palm and areca palm trees
Dragons blood palm, Daemonorops draco 1, and areca palm, Areca catechu 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after C. Franck from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Uniform of a Colonel-General in the French Dragoons, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Dragons blood palm, Daemonorops draco (Calamus draco). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Dundee, Scotlands Industrial Souvenir. 1905

DRAGONS DE LA GARDE
French cavalry : Dragons de la Garde making their way through mountains during the Peninsula campaign Date: circa 1807

Tibetan Dragon
When a dragon attacks the gryphons nest, The Boy with the Deformed Head comes to their rescue, slaying the monster

GOOD ANGELS
GUARDIAN ANGELS Evil dragons would like to gobble up this innocent infant, but fortunately Good Angels are on hand to snatch it from their jaws

SIGHTING A DRAGON
Four people sight a dragon in flight, each from his own perspective Date: 1702

CADMUS AND DRAGON
Cadmus confronts the dragon

Japanese temple portico
Portico of the Temple of the Four Dragons

A fire-breathing dragon by Florence Mary Anderson. Date: 1915

Peking Observatory
Chinese armillary sphere of the 13th century outside the Peking observatory Date: 1888

The Millennium
The Christian Church will escape from the ravages of the Dragon in 1897- 1901 Date: 1891

Paris, France - Fontaine Saint-Michel. It was the last monumental wall fountain built and so the end of a traditional Renaissance style. Date: circa 1890s

Where The Rainbow Ends by John Ramsey & Clifford Mills
Where The Rainbow Ends by John Ramsay and Clifford Mills. First produced Savoy Theatre, 21st December 1911. For the revival at the Victoria Palace, 20th December 1919

Komodo Dragon - X3 Eating
KOMODO DRAGON - X3 EATING (Varanus komodoensis)

Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine, Goddess of the Golden Flame
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1947, featuring the story Goddess of the Golden Flame by William P. McGivern. A powerful-looking fantasy woman directs a thunderbolt at an approaching man

Chinese lacquer album
Chinese black lacquer album with a dragon in bone or ivory and mother of pearl set into the cover. Date: C.1905

Little girl in costume at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Chi
A little Chinese girl in traditional costume standing on a large black and gold chair at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Trees in Superstition and Legend by Pauline Baynes
Illustration by Pauline Baynes depicting the various trees of legends and superstition

Assyrian Dragon
In ancient Assyria, Merodach does battle with a dragon

Old Japanese Matchbox label with Dragons and mens heads
Old Japanese Matchbox label with trademark and safety matches and Dragons and mens heads made by T. Iwasaki in Yokohama, Japan Date: c. 1910s

Old Japanese Matchbox label with two dragons
Old Japanese Matchbox label for safety matches with two dragons made by Takasima in Japan Date: c. 1910s

China - Ningpo Temple - Chinese temple - dragons over roof. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

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