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Hercules Collection (page 7)

Background imageHercules Collection: The infant Hercules and the Standard Oil serpents

The infant Hercules and the Standard Oil serpents. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as the infant Hercules fighting large snakes with the heads of Nelson W. Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller

Background imageHercules Collection: The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers - Americas greatest s

The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers - Americas greatest shows consolidated - Madame Yucca, the female Hercules, the strongest woman on Earth... Madame Yucca lifting weights, people, and animals

Background imageHercules Collection: Pluto Grotto and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i. e. Kassel)

Pluto Grotto and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i. e. Kassel)
Pluto Grotto and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i.e.Kassel), Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules and Corona Borealis

Hercules and Corona Borealis. Astronomical chart showing Hercules about to beat Cerberus with a club, and a crown forming the constellations. Date 1825

Background imageHercules Collection: Castle and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i. e. Kassel), He

Castle and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i. e. Kassel), He
Castle and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i.e. Kassel), Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules and Cascades, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i. e. Kassel)

Hercules and Cascades, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i. e. Kassel)
Hercules and Cascades, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i.e. Kassel), Hesse-Nassau Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules Pillar, Bad Schweizermuhle, Saxony, Germany

Hercules Pillar, Bad Schweizermuhle, Saxony, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules Avenue, Altstadt, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Hercules Avenue, Altstadt, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageHercules Collection: SAMSON & HERCULES

SAMSON & HERCULES
Samson and Hercules, two great wooden figures, supporting the porch of the Samson and Hercules Mansion, built by Christopher Jay in 1657, Tombland, Norwich. Date: 17th century

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules Brabazon

Hercules Brabazon
HERCULES BRABAZON Painter and musician. Date: 1821 - 1906

Background imageHercules Collection: George V shaking hands with Admiral Sturdee

George V shaking hands with Admiral Sturdee
George V - King of England from 1910-1936 shaking hands with Admiral Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet (1856-1925) who defeated the German

Background imageHercules Collection: Admiral Sturdee on the quarterdeck - HMS Hercules

Admiral Sturdee on the quarterdeck - HMS Hercules
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (18591925) on the quarterdeck of the HMS Hercules as Flag Officer Commanding the Fourth Battle Squadron. Date: 1916

Background imageHercules Collection: Admiral Sturdee on board Hercules

Admiral Sturdee on board Hercules
Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet (1856-1925) - Defeated the German, Admiral von Spee at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. He was promoted to Admiral in 1917

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules strikes Cacus

Hercules strikes Cacus
Page of text with marginal drawing, showing Hercules with a large club about to strike at Cacus (the bearded man on the right) who is pulling a bull backwards by the tail. 1543

Background imageHercules Collection: Italy / Cori / Temple

Italy / Cori / Temple
The temple of Hercules Date: 1891

Background imageHercules Collection: Folklore / Nymphs

Folklore / Nymphs
Herakles met these nymphs on his way to steal the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and they warned him of the dangers involved

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles Versus Hydra

Herakles Versus Hydra
He slays the Hydra of Lerna, one of his Twelve Labours

Background imageHercules Collection: The Nemean Lion

The Nemean Lion
One of his seven labours of Herakles was to slay the Lion of Nemea, which is said to have come from the Moon

Background imageHercules Collection: Nymphenburg Park, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Nymphenburg Park, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
View of Nymphenburg Park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. A statue of Hercules and the Lion can be seen in the foreground and the Palace in the far distance

Background imageHercules Collection: Poster advertising Hercules bicycles

Poster advertising Hercules bicycles
Poster advertising the Hercules bicycle. A tired couple out hiking, and miles from anywhere, wish they had a bicycle to take them home

Background imageHercules Collection: Modern Athenians plate 33 - Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 33 - Edinburgh
Mr Patrick Shaw (1796-1872) lawyer and monoped, passing Hercules Robertson (Lord Benholme) (1796-1874) lawyer and Sheriff of Renfrewshire, on the streets of Edinburgh

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles & Periclymene

Herakles & Periclymene
To outwit his enemy Herakles, Periclymene keeps changing shape, but when he turns himself into an eagle, Herakles is able to shoot him down

Background imageHercules Collection: Myth / Hercules Bust

Myth / Hercules Bust
A colossal head of Hercules, and a very fine example of Greek sculpture. This was probably a copy of a famous statue by Glycon found in the Baths of Caracalla

Background imageHercules Collection: The Modern Hercules

The Modern Hercules

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles and Lichas

Herakles and Lichas
When Lichas unwittingly brings him the poisoned shirt of Nessus, Herakles is so angry that he throws him into the sea, but sea-god Tethys changes him into a rock

Background imageHercules Collection: Birth of Herakles

Birth of Herakles
Although she is the wife of Amphitryon, Zeus himself is the father of Alcmenas son Herakles

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles Versus Achelous

Herakles Versus Achelous
Herakles and the river-god Achelous, both enamoured of Dejanira, fight : though Achelous changes shape to dragon and bull, Herakles is the ultimate victor

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules Statue / Rome

Hercules Statue / Rome
A colossal bronze statue of Hercules found beneath the Campo dei Fiori in Rome is raised by a complex dual block-and-tackle system

Background imageHercules Collection: Sacrifice to Herakles

Sacrifice to Herakles
The sacrifice of cattle by the countryfolk of the island of Rhodes is very agreeable to Herakles

Background imageHercules Collection: Gigantic Beetle Etc

Gigantic Beetle Etc
The GIGANTIC BEETLE and others - the big one at top is the female, the smaller blue one is the male. Also the HERCULES BEETLE upper left. Date: circa 1880

Background imageHercules Collection: PROMETHEUS

PROMETHEUS
For stealing fire for mankind, Zeus chains the Titan Prometheus to Mount Caucasus where a vulture devours his liver until he is delivered by Herakles

Background imageHercules Collection: Ww1 / 1915 / Hercules Hinden

Ww1 / 1915 / Hercules Hinden
Hindenburg, Our Hercules, deals firmly with the Russians and hurls them out of East Prussia

Background imageHercules Collection: Samuel Johnson / Davenport

Samuel Johnson / Davenport
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles and the Hind

Herakles and the Hind
The third labour : He chases the Cerynean Hind (it takes him a year !) trying not to injure it because it is sacred to Artemis

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles and the Bull

Herakles and the Bull
The seventh labour : He captures the fire-breathing Cretan Bull and takes it back to Greece

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles and the Mares

Herakles and the Mares
The eighth labour : He tames the vicious human-flesh-eating mares of Diomedes, king of the Bitones, giving them Diomedes to eat then taking them to Eurystheus

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles and the Heavens

Herakles and the Heavens
He holds up the sky

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles and Cerberus

Herakles and Cerberus
The twelfth labour - he subdues the three-headed dog Cerberus and drags him before king Eurystheus of Tiryns

Background imageHercules Collection: Hercules Star Map

Hercules Star Map
Hercules and Corona Borealis constellation

Background imageHercules Collection: Herakles Deified

Herakles Deified
At the end of his heroic life, he is accepted by the gods as one of themselves - here, Zeus welcomes him to the realm of the immortals

Background imageHercules Collection: Advert / Hercules Fabrics

Advert / Hercules Fabrics
Hercules fabrics - the family fabric for overalls, dresses and childrens frocks

Background imageHercules Collection: Whittaker Star Maps 8

Whittaker Star Maps 8
Including Hercules

Background imageHercules Collection: Nebula in Hercules

Nebula in Hercules
The nebula of the constellation, Hercules

Background imageHercules Collection: BLUNT / HERCULES / 34 / 1849

BLUNT / HERCULES / 34 / 1849
The constellation of Hercules

Background imageHercules Collection: Hesione Rescued

Hesione Rescued
Hesione, daughter of Trojan ruler Laomedon, is chosen by lot to be sacrificed to a monster; luckily for her Herakles happens to be nearby, and he of course rescues her

Background imageHercules Collection: Deianeira Abducted

Deianeira Abducted
Deianeira, wife of Herakles, is carried off by the centaur Nessus

Background imageHercules Collection: Athena Weds Herakles

Athena Weds Herakles
The marriage of Athena with Herakles



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