Fantasy Collection (page 8)

Romantic couple imagine their wedding day, 1913
Two minds but a single thought : a courting couple gaze into a blazing log fire, and imagine their wedding day. 1913

The Magic Carpet
A couple - he in Chinese costume, she in harem pants - flying on a magic carpet above the onion domes and minarets of an Arabian city. Date: 1932

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

WW1 - Vendome Column shakes at news of German successes
WW1 - The Vendome Column shakes in fear at news of German successes in the war. Date: circa 1916

WW1 - Eiffel Tower in Paris is scared of the Zeppelin menace and curls (wobbles/quivers/shakes/shivers). Date: circa 1916

Sphere cover - floating gondola at the Savoy by Matania
A remarkable dinner party given at the Savoy Hotel, London by Mr G. A. Kessler who entertained twenty-four guests in a large white

Fairy Dreams by Hilda T Miller. 20th century

Confusion at Plane-Park
Car parks can be nightmares, but they are nothing to the confusion that will come when we all go to the shops in our private planes ! Date: 1927

The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover
The Justice of Tor Date: 1950

Contact with Ganymede
Space travellers from Earth try to explain where they come from to an inhabitant of Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter Date: 1937

Front cover of the novel Metropolis by Thea von Harbou. The film version, by Fritz Lang, appeared in 1927. Date: First published: 1926

Imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn
An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn. The unstable surface would be impracticable except for light, insect-like life forms who would have to breathe a gaseous atmosphere. Date: 1939

Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune
The imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune have to put up with an unstable surface which is largely liquid, a dense atmosphere, very high gravity, and chemical storms. Date: 1940

Les Terres du Ciel - Camille Flammarion
Front cover - Les Terres du Ciel - Camille Flammarion. Date: 1884

Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover - The Golden Princess
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, August 1940 featuring The Golden Princess, story by Robert Moore Williams. A magical fantasy woman hypnotises two men. Date: 1940

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

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Uncle Lubins Dream, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Uncle Lubins Dream, from The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902), illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Illustration, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by Arthur Rackham -- An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces. A curious group of humanised trees. Date: 1906

Alice in Wonderland, baby turns into pig
Alice in Wonderland, Alice carries the baby which has turned into a pig. Date: early 20th century

Alice in Wonderland, frog and fish footmen
Alice in Wonderland, the frog and fish footmen. Date: early 20th century

Alice in Wonderland, Bill the Lizard pops out of the chimney after a kick from Alice. Date: early 20th century

Bell ringing pug dogs
An imaginative portrayal of pugs as bell ringing, bringing Christmas wishes. " Two pug-dogs were ringing two bells And when they began to swing

Tahiti scene by Leon Carre
Illustration by Leon Carre to accompany a story in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1930 entitled, Tahiti Tihare - a Polynesian Legend

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Woman and Her Pig
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, The Old Woman and Her Pig. She tries to persuade the pig to go over the stile, but the pig refuses, so she asks the dog to bite the pig to make it go over

Anarchist Paracutist
A parachutist escapes from the Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - while on a bombing raid. (Story only guessed at) Date: 1902

Repeating Pattern - Alice and the White Rabbit. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Chimera
An illustration of a mythical creature, part mammal, part reptile, the Chimera. On display for the Myth and Monsters Exhbition which ran from April to September, 1998 at the Natural History Museum

Only Me - Small child sitting on a crescent moon
Rather delightful fantasy postcard showing a small child sitting on the crescent moon, gazing into the distance Date: circa 1900

The Universe Wreckers, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS - Astronauts repair their spacecraft wearing their spacewalker suits Date: 1930

The Man from Beyond, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover
The Man From Beyond - Gratz steals the spaceship, leaving his companions stranded on Venus Date: 1934

Adventure of Eros, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
AN ADVENTURE ON EROS - The space travellers are caught in a mysterious force. Date: 1931

The Moon Era, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
The Moon Era (Jack Williamson) - time travelling Earthman attacks the mechanical servants of the Eternal Ones Date: 1932

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Invisible City
THE INVISIBLE CITY - Searching for a legendary city in Turkestan, American explorers are menaced by a plane of pure light. Date: 1932

The Impossible World, Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE IMPOSSIBLE WORLD - Invading intelligences from another world subjugate and condition Earthfolk with sophisticated devices Date: 1939

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Ocean Vortex
Mysterious areas are found in the Atlantic where ships are wrecked - illustration for The non-gravitational vortex& Date: 1930

Martian Guns, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover
Martian Guns - Earth is bombarded by martian guns. Date: 1932

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Robot Aliens
THE ROBOT ALIENS - The Earth is invaded by Martian robots who hope to succeed where H G Wells Martians failed... Date: 193

New York Dome, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
One-Way Tunnel - New York, despite its protective dome, is destroyed while the statue of liberty looks. Date: 1935

Tetrahedra of Space, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
TETRAHEDRA OF SPACE (P Schuyler Miller) Natives of South America are attacked by alien invaders Date: 1931

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Between Dimensions
BETWEEN DIMENSIONS - The space traveller is seized for examination

Cupid the Tyrant by Flix de Gray
A piece of art showing Cupid forcing love upon an unsuspecting girl sitting on a mossy log. Cupid holds out a heart to the back of the girl, who is wearing a blue floral dress

Fantasy Landscape with Lake and Reeds - Right
A view through lakeside reeds across the still water toward distant hills and mountains. Fantasy Diptych painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Essex ring auctioned at Christie s
Two views of the famous Essex ring which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have given to the Earl of Essex, and which might have saved his life if it had been returned in time

The Oracle by Charles Robinson
Colourful image of a party reveller holding a crystal ball and a jester toy

The Char-A-Banc. By A. E. Bestall
A fantasy scene showing two fairies hiding beside a waterfall. They cower from the humans looking from real world above. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986)

A Sunset Fantasy landscape
A sunset Fantasy landscape, with two birds of prey (Peregrine Falcons?) swooping across a landscape of high peaks, a still sea and enveloping mists against the descending

Fantasy coastal scenery at sunrise
A fantasy coastal landscape at sunrise. Gulls swoop, as waves lap gently against the dark sands of a deserted and smooth beach. Airbush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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