Monster Collection (page 3)

Child blowing a shell, riding on the head of a sea monster. 19th century

Front cover design, The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne. Date: circa 1900

Japanese Buddhist Deities Tiedebaik and Amida
Japanese idols Tiedebaik and Amida. Amida is a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss. Date: 1737

Buddhist Daibutsu Pagoda, Japan
Buddhist Daibutsu (Giant Buddha) Pagoda, Japan Date: 1737

Snowball fight 1857
Children enjoying a wintery day in the snow, making a huge snowball, snow fights and making a traditional snowmen. Date: 1857

Alpha robot 1932
Nickel-plated armour Alpha, an electronic robot, designed by H. May, that could read and answer simple questions, being shown at the Olympia Exhibition. 1932

Cape May sea creature, 1924
A 76 ft sea creature, believed at the time to be a cross between a whale and a sea cow, washed up on the American coast at Cape May, New Jersey Beach

MONSTER OF KULTUR
ANTI-GERMAN The monster of German kultur Date: 1915

The Moored Monster Ben My Chree, the famous Isle of Man Steam Packet Company turbine steamship, at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Quaremeprenant : (Lent faster), with enlarged ears, holding a thorny branch. Date: First published: 1532-64

Gila Monster and Gecko Date: 1950

Raising of the Trusses in Leicester Square, London 1851
Raising of the Trusses in Leicester Square, London, for George Wylds large model of the Earth and surface. 100 workmen busily moving timber support of the capacious structure. Date: 1851

Monster Cactus at Kew Gardens 1846
Monster cactus (echinocactus Visnager) in the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Date: 1846

Perseus and Andromeda
Andromeda is all set to become the sea-monsters lunch when along comes Perseus and sees it off

FRANKENSTEIN / BROUGH
FRANKENSTEIN a spoof version of Mary Shelleys novel: the extravaganza Frankenstein; or, The Model Man, at the Adelphi Theatre Date: first published 1818

Tibetan Dragon
When a dragon attacks the gryphons nest, The Boy with the Deformed Head comes to their rescue, slaying the monster

MITAINE MEETS MONSTER
Mitaine encounters a fearsome monster looking at her over a wall - but on closer inspection, it turns out to be nothing more than an old tree Date: 9th century

MONSTER OF THE DEEP
THE MONSTER OF THE DEEP Date: circa 1820

PERSEUS RESCUING
Perseus rescues Andromeda from a fearsome monster which had planned on eating her

CLASSICAL MYTH / CHIMERA
A monster made up from parts of different creatures

WAITBORNE & MERMAID WAITBORNE & MERMAID
Richard Waitborne/Whitbourne at St.Johns Harbour visited by blue-haired sea monster Date: 1618

DORE SEA SERPENT
Winged monsters of the sea

HUNGRY SEA MONSTER
A sea-monster grabs a victim from the shore, while his cowardly companion runs away instead of tackling the brute Date: 1550

MONSTER ATTACKS SHIP
A peace-loving sea creature attacks a warship Date: 1558

FOLKLORE / GRANDBETE
The GRANDBETE (= Great Beast) is a scary monster of Berry, central France, usually in the form of a huge bull, though sometimes as a dog, hare or sheep - but always gigantic Date: 1851

Brazilian squid
SEA SERPENT LOOK-ALIKE Cuttle fish, or calamary Date: 1802

Zmey Goynych (Slavic Three-headed dragon)
Reproduction of a painting by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin depicting the Zmey Goynych (Slavic three-headed dragon). The Russian version (pictured) has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws

Saint Michael Archangel. By Master of Zafra. 1495-1500. Depicting the Archangel attacking the dragon, symbol of sin. In the upper part, heavenly choirs and, on background

Arizona Desert, USA - A Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) - a heavy, slow-moving lizard. Date: circa 1930s

Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635). Spanish playwright and poet, one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature. Colored engraving

German guns made by Krupp, WW1
German guns made by Krupp, in use during the First World War. Above: the monster siege gun or howitzer, so heavy that 40 horses are needed to draw it

The Loch Ness Monster in Invermoriston
The Loch Ness Monster obliges the photographers Invermoriston

Scylla & Charybdis / Map
Map showing the location of Scylla, the six-headed monster who lived in a cave next to the deadly whirlpool Charybdis, in Sicily

Reign of Antichrist
The reign of Antichrist

A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New Zealand
A quite spectacular Maori Mounted bell at the Te Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - made in memory of Tara-hai-ahia, a well-respected member of the local Maori community

Chimeras - Notre Dame, Paris, France. On the left is Black Peter the stone gargoyle - all Parisian children know he watches out for naughty children

WW1 poster, Hun or Home?
Poster, Hun or Home? Buy more liberty bonds. circa 1918

The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray
The Prince Charming who became a Monster, The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray. 1926

Fantastic Adventures - Dwellers of the Deep
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1942, featuring the story Dwellers of the Deep by Don Wilcox. Man in wet suit looks through a round window of a submarine

Urgell Beatus. 10th c. Illuminated manuscript and medieval c
Urgell Beatus. 10th century. Illuminated manuscript and medieval commentary. Diocesan Museum of La Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain

Map of Portugal. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). First Edition. Antwerp, 1574. Library of Catalonia. Spain

Medusa Rondanini. Roman copy of a classical work of the 5th
Medusa Rondanini. The Gorgon. The model for this Roman work was the Gorgon head on the shield of the cult statue in the Parthemon on the Acropolis in Athens

Divine Comedy. Twelfth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil befor
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Twelfth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil before the opprobrium of Crete. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Posada, Illustration to a story, La Noche Venturosa
Illustration to a story, La Noche Venturosa -- The Lucky Night or the Queen of Blas and Bato. Date: circa 1900

Hobgoblins, c. 1610
Hobgoblins - a variety of strange creatures, c.1610. Date: C.1610

Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, Castle Urquhart
Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, found on the shore of the loch near Castle Urquhart, Scotland. Date: circa 1935

Cartoon, Loch Ness Monster at Fort Augustus, Scotland
Cartoon, the Loch Ness Monster at Fort Augustus Abbey, Inverness, Scotland -- a group of Benedictine monks with fishing tackle -- Tomorrow will be Friday. Date: 1936

Flora and Gill pursued by their enemy Luzbel, Mexico -- originally an illustration for a magicians programme. circa 1900

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