Fantasy Collection (page 10)

WW2 - Italy - The Military compelling an Academic to fight
An allegorical card showing an Italian military Officers sleeve stripes kicking the backside of an Academic, who has his head stuck in the ground

The Torch of Night
A woman flies through the air carrying a torch to light her way in the darkness. 1899

Will-o -the-Wisp
A woman in a diaphanous dress flies through the air holding a light to illuminate her way in the darkness. 1899

A Fairy Serenade - Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom
A Fairy Serenade - A Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom belting out some love songs for his girl... Date: 1920s

The Lavender Shawl by Sogata
Depiction of Venice during the carnival with masked revellers emerging from a gondola. 1930

Misfitz - Red Riding Hood. early 20th century

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter. early 20th century

Misfitz - Sindbad the Sailor. early 20th century

Misfitz - Rip Van Winkle. early 20th century

Photograph of George Wolkowsky - Midnight Follies cabaret sh
Photograph of George Wolkowsky as he appeared in the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole in a Pierrot fantasy Date: 1924

Misfitz - Peter Pan. early 20th century

Misfitz - Jack and the Beanstalk. early 20th century

Misfitz - Gullivers Travels. early 20th century

Suggestions for the Happy New Year Ball by Dolly Tree
Three designs by Miss Dolly Tree for fancy dress costumes to be worn at the Happy New Year Ball at the Albert Hall on New Years Eve, 1925/6

The Glass Slipper by Gordon Nicoll
Fantasy illustration showing a woman in a spangled costume fleeing down some steps. The title of the picture, The Glass Slipper, implies this is Cinderella. Date: 1937

Constantinople (Istanbul) - Turkey - Eastern Fantasy scene Date: circa 1840s

Abdul-Ham - Arab Boy Acrobat - Hi act is called Arabian Fantasies and this card states tat he is the very best at it! Date: circa 1910

Fantastic Adventures - Keeper of the Flame by Burt B. Stone. A Beautiful Brunette woman in a sparkly blue dress is held, suspended within a pillar of flame

Fantastic Adventures - Eye of the World by Alexander Blade. Two men parachute over a mountain range, passing by a gigantic jewel

Fantastic Adventures - The Robot Men of Bubble City by Peter Worth. A spaceship shaped like an angry face blasts off from an unknown planet

Fantastic Adventures - War of the Giant Apes by Alexander Blade. A giant ape uses a boulder to attack a truck with a scared man in it

Fantastic Adventures - Return of Sinbad by Chester S. Geier. A man in Arabian dress flies in space on a giant bird of prey. The distressed bird is being attacked by the lasers of several spaceships

Startling Stories - Strangers on the Heights by Manly Wade Wellman. A man holds a ray gun to the head of a scared skeletal being

Startling Stories - The Day of the Cloud by Ross Rocklynne. Two air crafts attack and puncture the moon causing it to release gases which drift towards the earth. Date: 1942

Startling Stories - The Bottom of the World by John C. Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs. Three reptile-like aliens surrender to two space explorers each wielding a gun

Startling Stories - Twice in Time by Stanley G. Weinbaum. A crowd of important figures (including Mona Lisa) stand admiring two giant men

Startling Stories - Blood on the Sun by Hal K. Wells. Two women and three men flee fearfully from a satanic figure surrounded by fire. Date: 1942

The Closed Book by St George Hare R. I
The Closed Book by St George Hare R.I. Date: 1912

Hand-drawn Greetings Card - Gnome riding a mouse
Hand-drawn Greetings Card - a Gnome (or elf) riding a mouse to post a letter of Best Wishes into a mushroom postbox (a sight often seen by those who may have had too many mushroom postboxes for)

Hand-drawn Greetings Card - Gnome riding a frog
Hand-drawn Greetings Card - a Gnome riding a frog to post a letter of Best Wishes into a mushroom postbox (a sight often seen by those who may have had too many mushroom postboxes for breakfast...!)

Hand-drawn Greetings Card - Goblin riding a hare
Hand-drawn Greetings Card - a Goblin riding a hare to post a letter of Best Wishes into a mushroom postbox (a sight often seen by those who may have had too many mushroom postboxes for breakfast)

Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910

Fantastic Adventures - Warrior Queen of Mars
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1950, featuring the story Warrior Queen of Mars by Alexander Blade. Two women rise their spears attacking on something

Fantastic Adventures - Jongor of lost Land
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1940, featuring the story Jongor of lost Land by Robert Moore Williams. Warrior sits on the back of a huge dinosaur and tries to shoot a attacking pterosaur

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 - The involuntary immortals
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1949, featuring the story The involuntary immortals by Rog Phillips. A scientist is standing in a laboratory in front of a tube filled with a golden liquid

Young Woman in Fantasy Costume, 1633, by Rembrandt (1606-166
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Young Woman in Fantasy Costume, 1633. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Music cover, Sprites by Night, Danse Fantastique by Joseph Fredericks. circa 1890s

Cheerio - Moon and pixies greetings card
Vintage greetings card showing a crescent moon from which two cute pixies swing among the stars. Date: c.1930

Nice, France - Le Petit Nicois Newspaper and inset view. Date: 1904

A Close Finish by Hilda T Miller. Fairies racing on autumn leaves. 20th century

21st Birthday Card by Anne Rochester. 20th century

Stylised French card with profile portrait in a heart - entitled " Erika" Date: 1903

Peacock and Pierrot
Pierrot and the peacock. Date: 1900

Gibraltar Greetings
GREETINGS FROM GIBRALTAR Date: 1910

Snowflakes (Wegener)
Snow personified, by the incomparable Danish artist Gerda Wegener. Date: 1919

Four-Armed Alien
MAN-JEWELS FOR XOTHAR by Hal K Wells. An Earthman with an axe tries to hack his way out of the serpentine embraces of an alien creature with four deadly-looking claws Date: 1936

Space Ship of 1933
A giant rocket-ship of days to come... Date: 1933

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