Mythical Collection (page 4)

Pergamon Altar. Detail. Gigantomachy. Doris. Pergamon Museum
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. West frieze. Detail. Doris and a giant. Pergamon Museum

Pergamon Altar. Detail. Gigantomachy. Triton. Pergamon Museu
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. West frieze

Pergamon Altar. Detail. Gigantomachy. Pergamon Museum. Berli
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. West frieze

Relief depicting a falcon-headed gods, regarded as the original kings of Buto, mythical capital of Lower Egypt in the Nile Delta. Probably part of a temple wall. Memphis. Limestone. 26th Dynasty

Pergamon Altar. Detail
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. West frieze

Ostia Antica. Mosaic of Baths of Buticosus
Ostia Antica. Baths of Buticosus. 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Caldarium. Mosaic depicting Triton and Nereid. Near Rome

Mosaic of Neptunes Triumph at the Baths of Neptune. Ostia A
Baths of Neptune. 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Detail of mosaic of Neptunes Triumph depicting Neptune on the chariot drawn by seahorses. Ostia Antica. Italy

Music cover, La Naiade, Schottisch by Pasdeloup
Music cover, La Naiade, Schottisch (Bohemian-style country dance) by J Pasdeloup. circa 1850s

Bernard Picart Oval
BERNARD PICART Prolific French artist and engraver : we have many hundreds of his prints, mainly on mythical and religious subjects. Date: 1673 - 1733

Phantasy
Mer-babies playing in the surf of crashing waves. Date: 1929

Glastonbury Tor, Someset

A French wolf charmer
The Wolf-Charmer -- le meneur de loups -- a folklore figure of rural France who is able to tame and control a pack of wolves. Date: 19th century

White dodo and red-breasted goose.. Handcolored lithograph by J. Smit from Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume 6, 1868

Mythical sukotyro and duck-billed platypus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Sukotyro, mythical creature.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802) published by Harrison

Mythical creature behind shield, miniature of the life of St. Louis, and illuminated border.. Mythical creature kneeling behind shield (manuscript in the Bibliotheque de Laon)

Mythical creatures, Karolus initial letters, woman copying manuscript, and portrait of St. Louis.. Mythical creatures from Notre Dame de Paris

Statue of Gog at the Guildhall, London, 1884
Engraving showing the statue of Magog in the Guildhall, London, in 1884. Gog, and his brother Magog, were two mythical giants associated with the founding of the City of London. Date: 3 May 1884

Once Upon a Time - a sketch by Claude Shepperson
Two nymphs sit and watch a group of fauns and magical creatures happily play. Date: 1918

Cartoon, The Indispensable Ally, WW1
Cartoon, The Indispensable Ally, showing the mythical figure of Old Father Time walking with his scythe in front of representative Allies on horseback during the First World War

Statue of Magog at the Guildhall, London, 1884
Engraving showing the statue of Magog in the Guildhall, London, in 1884. Magog, and his brother Gog, were two mythical giants associated with the founding of the City of London. Date: 3 May 1884

Notre Dame Cathedral Gargoyle, Paris - Chimera. Date: circa 1920

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

Classical wooded landscape, by Glauber
Classical wooded landscape with Diana returned from the hunt at rest with her nymphs, by Johannes Glauber (called Polidoro, 1646-c.1726), with figures by Gerard de Lairesse (c.1641-1711)

Colourful illustration of a mermaid and a lobster
Plate 57 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Cyclops
An illustration of the mythical creature, Cyclops on display for the Myths and Monsters Exhibiton at the Natural History Museum London which ran from April to September, 1998

Hydra
Illustration of the Hydra, a Greek mythical beast that had seven serpent heads. Plate 82 from Thesaurus, Vol 3, by Albertus Seba, 1758

Sea-serpent attacking a vessel
Fig 67 from Mythical Monsters, 1886 by Charles Gould

Three unicorns
Monoceros Unicornu and Caprinonq Marinq. Tab 10 from Beschriving Van de Natuur der Vier-voetige Dieren, 1660 by I. Johnston

Sea-horse
Page 234 from Curious Creatures in Zoology, 1890 by John Ashton

Sea monster
Page 695 from De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638 by Ulyssis Aldrovandi

Vignettes of supernatural beings and mythical events possibly related to Japanese theater. Date between 1800 and 1870

Zaragoza, Spain - Monument to Agustina of Aragon
Zaragoza, Spain - Monument to Agustina de Aragon (Agustina Raimunda Maria Saragossa Domenech) - Spanish heroine who defended Spain during the Spanish War of Independence

Magog Statue
A statue of Magog, who along with fellow giant Gog, is a traditional mythical guardian of the City of London. Statue in the Guildhall, London. Date: 1980s

The Nymphs by Hookway Cowles
The Nymphs An Illustration by Hookway Cowles depicts 5 women in thin revealing clothing, nearly naked in appearance, prancing through the forest with the sunlight trying to penetrate the Undergrowth

From Bluebeard by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

From The Wild Swans by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Xmas. Lady in moonlight. " Kind Fortune smiles, and she Hath yet in store for thee Some great felicity." - Shakespeare. circa 1902

From Aladdin by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Europe, 1679
Map showing the progress of Phoenician voyages around Europe, as well as a unicorn, camelopard and other exotic fauna

Fairy and phoenix by Hilda Miller
A winged fairy in a green dress and hat, walks alongside a stunning firebird or phoenix

A Wood Nymph or Dryad - a Russian-published postcard by an English artist (see source)

Fountain and monument, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Danish card - Holding up the world
An old man holds up the world - a promotional postcard (in a similar style to William Blake) for a Danish Exhibition. A more modern take on the myth of the ancient God Atlas, who held up the world

Fairy leaves her home amid the roots
A small fairy leaves her house set in the roots of a tree. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Brunhildes Departure
BRUNHILD(E)s DEPARTURE FROM ISENSTEIN : Painting celebrating Brunhild(e), the German mythical woman renowned for her superhuman physique

Scene in Lemuria
Technological development in Lemuria was quite advanced, according to author Burtt : their warships and their architecture were not so very different from our own

COCKAIGNE
The wondrous Land of Cockaigne, where all the girls are willing and all the beer is free

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