Mythical Collection (page 2)

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

Tages and Etruscan monsters
Etruscan bronze statue of Tages as a noble boy with bracelets on his arms and legs 1, and bas-relief of the monster Volta with the muzzle of a dog emerging from a tomb 2

Unknown gecko species and giant leaf-tailed gecko
Unknown gecko species from Arabia (Scollop-tailed gecko, Lacerta caudiverbera), and giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus (fimbriated gecko, Stellio fimbriatus)

Decorative figures from the House of Epigrams, Regio V, Insula 1, 18. An urn and mythical beast at top, and a goat and hunting scene with dog and hare below

Pitcher by Bernard Palissy, potter from Saintes, Charente, 16th century. With helmet spout, scroll handle, sun emblem, mythical scene, and floral pattern. Now in the Victoria Albert Museum

Heads of historical and mythical figures in the headdresses of the era of King Henry VII. Queen of Sheba 2, King Solomon 3, Empress Helena 9, and Emperor Constantine 20, 23

Whiskered shrike, Lanius mystaceus. A made up bird, composed of the Lanius ferrugineus, with the belly and tail feathers of a species of Psittacus and breast

Vase decorated with mythical figures of nereids and hippocampi from the British Museum. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc. London, 1814

Vase decorated with mythical figures from the British Museum
Vase decorated with mythical figures including Minerva, Hercules, Mercury, etc. from the British Museum. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc

Vases decorated with mythical scenes from Sir William Hamiltons collection. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc. London, 1814

Japanese flags, emblems and insignia including mythical beasts (kirin, phoenix). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Roc, basilisk, phoenix, unicorn, vegetable lamb, and dragon
Mythical creatures: roc bird 1, basilisk 2, phoenix 3, unicorn 4, vegetable lamb of Tartary Agnus scythicus or Planta Tartarica Barometz, 5, and dragon 6

Indian elephant and sukotyro
Endangered Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, female suckling her young, 1, and mythical beast sukotyro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Harold swears fealty to Duke William
Allegedly after being shipwrecked on the French coast in 1064 (a date highly disputed amongst historians), The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources

King Arthur addresses a Knight
King Arthur was a (possibly mythical) British King from the 5th and early 6th Century, who is believed to have fought the Saxon invaders

MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE "At a terific height directly above us
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE " At a terific height directly above us, & upon the very verge of the precipitous descent, hovered a gigantic ship". Date: First published: 1833

METZENGERSTEIN The Baron seated on his mythical beast. Date: First published: 1850

West Africa 1547 Date: 1547

Beautiful fantasy girl admiring the blossom Date: circa 1900s

VERSAILLES LENCELADE
FONTAINE DE LENCELADE Encelade, a mythical giant, is presumably picnicking here with his friends only to become the target of a thunderbolt from Zeus Date: 1688

HARPIES / DORE
Dante and Virgil encounter these sinister harpies in Inferno, though traditionally there were only three of them

DORE SEA SERPENT
Winged monsters of the sea

DORE SEA CREATURE
Monsters of the sea

Sphinx - Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle
Sphinx - River Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle. Westminster and Hungerford Bridge can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Bronze Sphinx on the Thames Embankment, London
One of a pair of faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy at the foot of Cleopatras needle on the Thames Embankment. They were brought to London in 1878

Pergamon Altar. West frieze. Gigantomachy. Triton and Amphit
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. West frieze. Gegantomachy. Lift to right; Triton and Amphitrite

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

Alice in Wonderland, Gryphon and Mock Turtle
Alice in Wonderland, Alice dancing the Lobster Quadrille on the seashore with the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle. Date: early 20th century

AGUIRRE, Lope de (1515-1561). Spanish conquistador in South America. Nicknamed El Loco, the Madman, Aguirre is best known for his final expedition, down the Amazon river

Lady Godiva, Coventry
Miss Frances P. Burchell in the role of Lady Godiva at the Coventry Hospital Pageant - 27th June 1936 1936

LEMURIA
The Lost Continent of Lemuria, located in todays Pacific Ocean, may have housed a highly developed civilisation with advanced technology and a sophisticated culture

Mu Revealed by Tony Earll (nom de plume of Raymond Buckland) which describes a successful archeological expedition to find the manuscript of a priest of Mu

Beyond the Poles
The legendary Land Beyond the Poles said to exist at both Poles : Admiral Byrd reported something of the sort during his 1929 South Pole overflight

WW1 - German Propaganda - A Call to Arms Like Thunder. Date: 1914

Landors Cottage by Harry Clarke
Poe illustration by Harry Clarke from " Tales of Mystery and Imagination". The boat appeared to be hanging, as if by magic... upon the interior surface of a funnel. From Landors Cottage

Laboureur, Francesco Massimiliano (1767-1831). Italian sculptor. Metabus and his daughter, 1820. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618, by Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

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. Model
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Model. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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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