Fantastical Collection

The Kings Castle by Florence Mary Anderson
" The Kings Castle by Florence Mary Anderson. " Once upon a time there was a king who lived in a castle", from Lillie and Zizi from The Black Princess

Robidas rotating house
Maison tournante arienee or aerial rotating house, one of Albert Robidas futuristic visions of life in the 20th century

The Apple by Kay Nielsen. A very pale Pierrot sits in a fantasy Garden of Eden holding up an apple picked from the tree behind, around which a snake is coiled... Date: 1932

15th Century 16th Century 1540 Allegorical Allegory
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The Last Judgement, 1540. Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Deta
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). The Last Judgement, 1540. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Souvenirs by Brunelleschi, couple in snowy scene
Souvenirs by Brunelleschi. Stylised illustration of a colourful 19th century couple carving their names in the trunk of a tree in a snowy scene while the moon comes up in the violet sky. Date: 1928

Queen Katherines Dream by William Blake (1757-1827) - on paper. Date: 1827

Cherubs by Charles Robinson
A group of rather rowdy looking cherubs flit around carrying garlands of flowers. By Charles Robinson. Date: c.1920

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

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

Spider Web Cloche Hat
A rather unattractive young woman models a fantastical lace cloche hat with an elaborate spiders web radiating from the back - complete with spider

Trafalgar Square in the Ice Age : a vision of past and present. A scene suggested by the discovery of fossil bones beneath Trafalgar Square : the site in the Ice Age showing hippos, aurochs

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

Lee White wearing costumes designed by Reville
American actress and entertainer, Lee White, posing in a variety of fantastic costumes designed by Reville for her tour of Australia in 1920. 1920

Faery Visions - Thus It Befell in Eden
Adam and Eve in a particularly lush Garden of Eden. Date: 1929

Spain. Aragon. La Puebla de Castro. Mudejar aljarfe (14th. Century) in the Choir of the Church of San Roman de Castro. Polychrome wood with pictorial representations of storied scenes

Altar of Domitius. Detail. Ca. 150 BC
Altar of Domitius. At the base is depicting the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Ca. 150 BC. Detail of the nuptial courtship with a Nereid on a hippocampus bringing a present and winged erotes

6th century BCE. Votive statue of a sphinx. BC 560-550. Acro
Greek art. 6th century BCE Greece. Votive statue of a sphinx. BC 560-550. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece

Ancient Art. Mediterranean Area. Roof construction. Ornamental tile depicting a horseman and a griffin. Terracotta. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Trajan (53-177 A. D. ). Roman Emperor. Sculpture. Detail body
Trajan (53-177 A.D.). Roman Emperor from 80 to 117 A.D. Sculpture. Detail body armour depicting two winged griffins face to face. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Wooden relief of Virgin with Infant by Diego Siloe. 1544
Diego Siloe (1495-1563). Spanish architect and sculptor. Virgin with Infant, 1544. Wood. From the Priory chair of the Monastery of Saint Jerome, Granada. Museum of Fine Arts. Granada. Spain

Relief depicting a eagle-headed protective spirit. Nimrud
Relief depicting a Eagle-headed protective spirit. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Etruscan stone sarcophagus of Bomarzo
Stone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the Grotta Dipinta in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Persian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis. Griffin
Persian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes

Spain. Catalonia. Monastery of Santes Creus. Royal Palace. 14th century. Detail. Aiguamurcia

Spotted Costume 1827
Hat with ostrich feathers, rosettes under the brim & long strings. Red & yellow spotted gown with gigot sleeves & transparent over-sleeve. Skirt with scalloped flounces. Date: 1827

A fantasy shoemaker, covered in shoes, with a shop counter attached round his waist. Date: circa 1700

Tentacles by Raymond Sheppard. An abstract fantasy painting featuring tentacle-like growths in a strange landscape, perhaps under the sea

Dream by Raymond Sheppard. Fantastical abstract painting of a cavernous structure with river-like features flowing through interconnecting organic growths

Throat by Raymond Sheppard - an abstract, fantastical depiction

Inspiration by Tremator
Colour illustration by Tremator showing an artist at his easel searching for inspiration, which arrives in the form of fantastical, fairy-like muses

A Snapper-up of Unconsidered Trifles by William Heath Robins
Detailed colour illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1910) for the Midsummer number of the Graphic showing an elf, or possibly goblin in a fantastical country setting

Worth Going to Bed For by Harold Earnshaw
Illustration by Harold Cecil Earnshaw to accompany a rhyme by J.M. Barrie, showing a little boy fast asleep and enjoying a particularly vivid dream crammed with castles, pirates, elephants

A working fairy dressed in a green smock looks like he has just thought of a very good idea

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