Giant Collection (page 8)

Cartoon satire on Lloyd George and the drink trade
A cartoon satire on David Lloyd George (1863-1945) and the drink trade, in an echo of David and Goliath. Date: 1915

Don Quixote attacks a windmill
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title attacks a windmill, believing it to be an enemy giant. Date: First published: 1605-15

King Charless Porter and Dwarf
A bas relief over the entrance to Bulls Head Court preserves the memory og a giant and a very small dwarf. The effigies represent William Evans a Welsh porter over 2 metres in height

Jack the Giant Killer, pantomime. circa 1900s

Advert, Pacific Creamery Co, Los Angeles, USA
Advert, Lily Milk Special Delivery from the Pacific Creamery Co, Los Angeles, California, USA - Territorial Fair, Phoenix, Arizona, 1907, 1st Prize at California State Fair, 1907

Leaping boy Pittenweem, Fife
A boy leaps across an alleyway between houses leading down to the sea at Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. The shadow of one house falls on its neighbour

Giant Baobab Tree - Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Giant Baobab Tree at Boma - Belgian Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1908

Giant Saman Tree - Queens Park - Port of Spain, Trinidad. Date: 1915

Attleboro Massacussetts - WW1 War Chest. Community Chests grew in popularity in the United States and Canada during World War I

Niagara Falls, USA - Giant Rock on the Gorge Route Date: 1913

Illustration, Gullivers Travels
Illustration to Gullivers Travels, showing Gulliver captured and tied down in Lilliput. circa 1860s

Enormous cotton tree, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Cotton tree with enormous buttresses, historic symbol of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1908

Fantastic Adventures - The Mermaid of Maracot Deep by Alexander Blade. A giant mermaid sits at the bottom of the ocean and holds up a tiny submarine in wonder. 1949

Having dinner on the Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain
Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA - Governor Trinkle of Virginia and other Notables Having Dinner on the carved Shoulder of General Lee

Stunt woman cannonball loses her knickers
Liza Knight, an 18-year-old stunt performer from Leicester, felt quite a draught after being shot from a cannon during a rehearsal

Pergamon Altar. Aether and Uranus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze

Pergamon Altar. Goddess Rhea or Cybele riding on a lion next
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. Goddess Rhea or Cybele riding on a lion next to goddess Adrasteia

Pergamon Altar. Horse of Helios carriage attacking a giant
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. South frieze. Gigantomachy. Horse of Helios carriage attacking a giant

Pergamon Altar. Artemis and Leto fighting against Otos
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy

Pergamon Altar. Leto and Apollo fighting against Tityos
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Leto fights using a torch against titan Tityos

Pergamon Altar. Probably goddess Nyx or one of the Erinyes h
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze

Christoph Miller, Giant
MAXIMILIAN CHRISTOF MILLER German giant from Leipzig, who came to England in 1733 and died there a year later Date: 1674 - 1734

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins & giant Elk model
Image is believed to have been taken during this work in Central Park, New York

Model of the Ilford Mammoth
A model of the woolly mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England, held by Fossil Mammals, Palaeontology

Irish Elk, Megaloceros giganteus, extinct species of giant deer from the Late Pleistocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Irish Elk or Giant Deer, Reisenhirsch, Megaceros giganteus.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Giant Malaysian Click-Beetle - male on bark of a tree (Oxynopterus auduoin). El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Evening - February

Fairground at Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
A fairground at Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, with a helter skelter at the centre. Date: circa 1920s

Window Shadow
A man in a flat cap reading a book on a window sill, The sun shining through the windows casts a giant shadown across the bare room. Date: 1930s

Aplothorax burchelli, giant ground beetle
A specimen of a giant ground beetle (Aplothorax burchelli) from St. Helena, held in the entomology collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Megachile pluto, Wallaces giant bee

Macrocheira kaempferi, giant Japanese giant spider crab
Specimen of the giant Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi). This bottom-feeding, deep-sea crustacean is the largest crab in the world reaching a leg span of almost 4m

Wilmington Long Man
The Wilmington Long Man (or giant), cut in the chalk on the South Downs, between Lewes and Eastbourne. This figure is about 230 feet high and was reset in bricks in 1874. Date: 1950s

Robert Hales, the Norfolk Giant
Robert Hales, born May 2nd 1820 became known as the Norfolk Giant. He was 7 feet 6 inches in height and weighed 33 stone

YMIR
A frost giant

Gog and Magog
GOG and MAGOG, the two English giants whose statues are at the Guildhall, London Date: 1883

Liu Tong-Pin
LIU TONG-PIN, one of the EIGHT IMMORTALS of the Chinese pantheon, depicted riding on a kraken (which looks very like a giant crayfish !)

Comic postcard, Boy on the beach with stick of rock
Comic postcard, Boy on the beach with giant stick of rock Date: 20th century

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda Diana, 1938
Following the success of her trip to China to capture a live Giant Panda, Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) returns to China for another Giant Panda

Giant Powder Works, Point Pinole, California, USA
Giant Powder Works, an explosive powder (gunpowder) manufacturing company in Point Pinole, Richmond, California, USA. Date: circa 1892

Hama, Syria, Bridge over Orontes River and Giant Waterwheels
Hama, Syria - Great Bridge over the El-Assi (Orontes) River and the Giant waterwheels. The city is renowned for these seventeen norias, which locals claim date back to 1100 BC

Coat of Arms of Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
The Coat of Arms of Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1900

Fountain of Four Rivers, 1651, by Bernini. The river-god Dan
Italy. Rome. Fountain of Four Rivers, 1651, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Navona Square. Detail of the river-god Danube

Odysseus offering wine to Polyphemus. Mosaic. 3rd-4rd century. Roman Villa. Piazza Armerina. Sicily. Italy

Pergamon Altar. Theia, giant fallen and Selene
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze

Pergamon Altar. The Titan Phoebe with a torch fighting again
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The Titan Phoebe with a torch fighting against a winged giant. Pergamon Museum

Pergamon Altar. The goddess Ceto aiding her father Pontus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Gigantomachy. The goddess Ceto aiding her father Pontus

Pergamon Altar. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux

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