Mermaid Collection

Ascent of Mrs. Graham and the Royal Victoria Balloon accompanied by Mrs. W. H. Adams and Miss Dean, Mermaid Tea Gardens, Hackney

Polish poster for a film, The Warsaw Mermaid, directed by Tadeusz Makarczynski, based on a local legend. 1956

Diver and Mermaid
A diver exploring a wrecked ship has an unexpected encounter

Mermaid (Woodward)
A mermaid on a rock Date: 1907

Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats, WW1
Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats. Two mermaids and two fish are disturbed by a German U-boat which has a face like a shark. Date: 1917

Cut and he will not come again by Reginald Higgins
An illustration showing a mermaid with the shorn, shingled Eton crop hairstyle of the 1920s, looking rather forlorn as she waits for her lover to return

Little Mermaid / Ak / Col Pc
The little mermaid sits and watches the swans being fed

Mermaid of Zennor
At Zennor, Cornwall, a mermaid takes a passer-by by surprise

Horrors, my wife! by Webster Murray
Wife tracks her husband down, under the sea in a diving suit having an affair with attractive mermaid. Date: 1928

British Ballad, The Mermaid
THE MERMAID. British ballad by Dr. John Leyden. The Gaelic story bears that Macphail of Colonsay was carried off by a mermaid

Musical Instruments 1883
Various musicians playing various instruments: a harp, a lyre, pipes, hunting horn. Pipes of Pan are also in evidence

Mermaid in Newfoundland
Richard Waitborne/Whitbourne at St. Johns Harbour visited by blue-haired sea monster

Mer-People / Look-Alikes
A mermaid compared with the manatee at the Zoological Gardens, London

Bovril Poster Suggestion
A poster sketch suggested for an advertisement for Bovril, it shows a mermaid waving to some distant sailors, perched on a giant floating Bovril jar. Buoys you up. Date: circa 1922

Mermaid and Child
A mer-mother with her mer-child

Mermaid Inn, Rye
The Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex. One of Englands oldest inns, with norman cellars dating from 1156

THE SIREN
A siren or mermaid sits on a rock in the middle of the sea gazing wistfully after a galleon ship sailing off into the distance

th Huxley / Sambourne 1888
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists discovery of a gelatinous substance on the seabed: he is discussing his findings with a mermaid

Was it a Mermaid? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her dog look into a rock pool on the beach. Date: 1940

Portmeirion - Mermaid Cottage
The village of Portmeirion, Gwynedd - Mermaid Cottage. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975

Underwater Romance
When diver meets mermaid, even if sparks don t fly, the happy couple certainly make waves

Mermaids

Mr Greens 100th balloon ascent from the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, London. 14 May 1832

The sailor and the siren
Dyalogus creaturarum moralizatus, 1484, the first printed book in Sweden. The author was the Italian Maynus de Mayneriis (dead 1370)

Mer-People and God
Merman and mermaid feature in the device of London printer John Rastell = a rare, maybe unique, instance of mer-people depicted as part of Gods creation

Mermaids and Torpedoes
The Mer-people find their peaceful domain invaded by the torpedoes of World War One

Ancient Etruscan wedding ceremony. The bride and groom hold each others hands in front of doors which are only opened after the ceremony has ended

Whither away? Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, The Sea Fairies Date: c.1920

Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a sailing boat, the Mermaid, with two passengers, their dog, and two sailors. circa 1890s

The Mermaid by Hester Margetson

Mermaid Street, Rye, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Old Hospital, Mermaid Street, Rye, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Fantasy Fan Design
This fan design shows a fantasy scene where women in various costumes are flying in the strong winds over the ocean, a mermaid is leaping out of the water to grab onto the crecent moon

Rare CGT Gerrer agent's calendar showing the ships of the line including the Ile de France. 9 x 14 inches

Lorelei artistic studio photograph
Lorelei, artistic studio photograph, of model wearing diaphanous fabric, and holding a lyre. Lorelei is a legendary character originating in Germany

The Old Sailor's Jolly Boat, by H M Barker
The Old Sailor's Jolly Boat, Laden with Tales and Yarns to Please All Hands, by H M Barker, with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank Date: 1843

BALLAD / CLERK COLVILL
CLERK COLVILL He sees a mermaid bathing in the Wells of Slane, and falls instantly in love with her... but her love is fatal, and he returns home only to die. Date: traditional

MERMAID AND TROUT
Mermaid and fish - illustration to Schubert's Die Forelle - the Trout

Mermaid Street, Rye by Terry Whitworth

The Mermaid Gate, Lucknow, India. Date: circa 1900s

Old Kings Head & Mermaid PH, Billingsgate, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Mermaid Inn, Wightwick, Staffordshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

St. George on horseback slaying the dragon, 14th century
St. George on horseback slaying the dragon in front of a kneeling princess while a king and queen watch from a castle tower

The Porta all Arco, Etruscan door in the walls of Volterra, Tuscany. Decorated with three heads of Jupiter, Castor and Pollux (or Tinia, Uni and Menrva in Etruscan mythology)

The Call of the Sea by Margaret Bradley
Three playful mermaids (or sirens) play in the sea. Date: 1928

Poster for The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas London Hippodrome
Poster for the latest wonder show at the London Hippodrome, for Christmas 1906. The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas featured several scenes played under water in the Hippodromes transparent tank

Royal Doulton Potteries, Floating Flower Bowl
Royal Doulton Potteries, Burslem - Floating Flower Bowl with figure of mermaid. 1918

Italian poster, Irradio televisions, Milan, the enchanting vision, with a mermaid under the sea. circa 1950s

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