Mysterious Collection (page 5)

Decomposing whale carcass
The decomposing body of a Sei whale, washed ashore on the beach at Suez on 3 January 1950 following a storm, surrounded by intrigiued onlookers

Lubaantun archaeology - mysterious Maya relics, 1924
Mysterious relics from the ruined Maya city of Lubaatun on the Columbia branch of the Rio Grande, British Honduras(today Belize)

British Ballad, Glenfinlas
GLENFINLAS. British ballad written by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) telling the tale of two mysterious female seductresses who send two Scottish hunters to their doom

A strange and mysterious creature -- answers on a postcard, please!

House in the Woods - New Forest

International Friendship Exhibition Palace, North Korea
External view of the International Friendship Exhibition Palace (or Hall), a six-storey temple at Myohyang-san (Mysterious Fragrant Mountain) in North Pyongan province

Snake Charmer - Tangiers, Morocco
An attentive crowd watching a rather wild-looking snake charmer. Amongst the onlookers is (interestingly) a British Naval officer smoking a pipe

Cover design for The Poster, June 1898
Cover design for The Poster, An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle, June 1898, Volume I, Number I, price sixpence. A young woman with luxurious ginger hair holds a flower and looks dreamy

Magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicis
Undated print of lithograph of magician Mr Philippe, the " Chinese Physicist" (Physicien Chinois) with Scottish assistant, Domingo, behind him. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi)"

Mediums William and Ira Davenport
Undated illustration of American mediums and spiritualists William and Ira Davenport. The Davenport Brothers were instrumental in building the popularity of the American Spiritualist movement prior

Indian Rope Trick Poster
Undated coloured poster featuring illustration of Thurston, the famous magician, performing the East Indian rope-trick. HPF/5B/17

James Hallett, the Sussex Charlata
Illustration of James Hallett, " the Sussex Charlatan" in his consulting room with ladies waiting outside the door, circa 1795, by Clifford Thompson, circa 1822. HPG/8/2/1 (xxii)"

Buddhist Head Monk - Xinjiang
Southern Chinese Buddhist Abbot in Zinjiang Province, China sitting in his Monastic Throne. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ruins of a tomb in the Iraqi Desert
The ruins of a tomb in the Iraqi desert - labelled as Esthers Tomb but very unlike the site now associated with Esthers Tomb at Hamadan in Iran

Painted Tunisian Beauty with veiled face
Tunisian Beauty with veiled face, painted decoration on the forearm, holding up her pale shawl

Icelandic Sea Creatures
Mysterious objects seen, shadow-like, beneath the sea off the Iceland coast

Footprints of a mysterious creature in the Himalayan mountai
A track made by a langur bounding along and placing all four feet together, or by a bear? The footprints of the abominable snowman in the Himalayan snow

Mysterious Cottage
An idyllic detached thatched cottage, mysteriously nestling near shady woodland in the English countryside

Ufos / New Berlin, NY
A New Berlin housewife looks out of her window at night and sees beings working on a mysterious craft : alas, our artist has taken generous liberties with the facts !

Ufo, 1930 Fantasy
In THE VAPOR INTELLIGENCE by Jack Barnette, riflemen drive off a mysterious machine, thought to be from Jupiter

Jerusalem / Old Town 1984
Atmospheric scene in the souks of the old town

The Castle by the Sea
Parsifal, Galahad and Bors in the course of questing for the Grail, come to the mysterious Castle by the Sea

London / Whitechapel / Dore
Three dubious characters meet in a dark and mysterious Whitechapel passage

Ghost in Garden
A girl in a garden looks up to see a mysterious figure moving towards the gate

Adrienne Lecouvreur / Oval
ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR talented actress of the Comedie Francaise, who died in mysterious circumstances, perhaps poisoned by a rival

Leif Havik on site at Vaarhus Kjoelen, Norway
Hessdalen Project member Leif Havik tests observational equipment at Vaarhus Kjoelen, Norway. Mysterious lights appear regularly over Hessdalen, Norway, and have never been explained

Myth / England / Robin Hood
Maid Marian joins Robin Hood and his Merry Men. This scene shows Robin, Marian, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett and Little John. Is the mysterious figure in the background the Sheriff?

Figure in the Mist
A hunched figure walking away into the mist in a public park or garden, along a path bordered by high hedge trees. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Hampton Court - A London alleyway / passage
London alley " Hampton Court". Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Robin Hood with Bow
Robin hunting birds : but what that mysterious pillar is, goodness only knows

Japan Woman in White
WOMAN IN WHITE A mysterious figure reveals herself to a Japanese fisherman as the spirit of a magic sword which lies beneath the sea and must be found

Alexander Pope / Grotto
ALEXANDER POPE Entrance to the Grotto in the grounds of the English poets home at Twickenham

Nebuchadnezzar Mad
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, late in life suffers a mysterious illness which requires him to adopt a vegetarian diet, and his behaviour becomes animal like

Alchemy - Lunary
The mysterious herb LUNARY grows on a mountains brim, exposed to sun by day, moon by night, thus acquiring great power : an essential item in every alchemists laboratory

Advert / Ganika Perfume
Ganika - mysterious essence of the East, supplied by Parfums d Orsay, 17 Rue de la Paix, Paris

Alchemy / Lenormand 3
An alchemist adds a mysterious dark liquid to his brew, depicted on a fortune-tellers card

Lenormand - Alchemist
An alchemist grows a mysterious and doubtless magical plant, depicted on a fortune-tellers card

Nocturnal Clouds
NOCTURNAL CLOUDS Clouds passing overhead at night, lit from below, have an appearance of solidity which can easily be mistaken for mysterious flying objects

Zodiacal Light (Cigcard)
This mysterious light is thought to be sunlight reflected off dust or meteoritic particles floating in space

Astrakhan Coat & Hat
A beautiful woman is wrapped up warmly in a Russian astrakhan coat & hat (toque). A poster depicting animals used for their fur adorns the wall behind her

Vizir who was Punished
Fish, fish, are you doing your duty ? - the mysterious damsel upsets the frying-pan in which the magic fish are about to be fried for the Sultans supper

Pandoras Box Brought
The mysterious box is brought to Epimethus by Hermes/Mercury

Alchemists Workplace
An alchemist anxiously watches the progress of his work, while all around him are the tools and the raw materials of his mysterious and indeed sinister calling

Meeting the Rubezahl
Two Bohemian (Czech) children, gathering firewood, encounter the Rubezahl - a mysterious wild man who haunts the mountains

Buddhas Corpse Burns
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) his corpse is consumed in a mysterious manner, astonishing his mourners

Andersen Elf Hill Clarke
Three mysterious women float above the hill

In a Walled Garden
Edwardian children scheme in the quiet tranquility of the walled garden of a big red brick country house. A doctor with his gladstone bag is seen leaving through the archway

Hunting Alphabet - M
M for the Marmeylad stolen - but no, who this mysterious thief is, I do not know

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