Mythology Collection (page 28)

Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakes
THE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system

Pan blowing butterfly
Front cover of Pan magazine, featuring the mythology, Greek God Pan, blowing gently on his shoulder were a red admiral has landed. Date: 1920

Britannia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia
A young woman dressed as Britannia, at the Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1910

Months of the year. August. Depicting Ceres who in Roman mythology embodied agriculture and growth. Date: circa 1903

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde. Calypso played hostess to Ulysses when he was shipwrecked on her island. Susan Rachel Bligh (1916-1983)

Works by Charles Sargeant Jagger, British sculptor
Three works by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934), British sculptor. At the top: Music, the design which won him the Prix de Rome in 1914. Lower left: Prometheus Bound

Fruit Label -- The Sagitarius brand, from Alcira, Valencia, Spain. Depicting a sagittarius, half man, half horse, with bow and arrow. Date: 20th century

Shop scene in China
Interior of a shop in northern China with murals on the walls and statues of gods, possibly? Date: C.1911

Diogenes and Alexander
The story of Diogenes (who lived in a barrel) and Alexander, acted out by a monkey (as Diogenes) and a Mastiff Dog (as Alexander)

Pan with his Pipes
A rather demonic Pan, with his pipes. Date: 1930s

Elevsis, Greece - Marble Sarcophagus
Eleusis (Elefsina, Elevsis), West Attica, Greece. Marble sarcophagus with a relief about the hunt of the Calydonian boar. Roald Dahl was stationed at the Elevsis aerodrome

The Wellington Monument, Hyde Park, London
The Wellington Monument to Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, commemorating his victories in the Peninsular War and the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars

Wise King Berendey - copy of an 1885 painting by Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects). Date: 1885

Figure of Bacchus, by Francois Girardon
Figure of Bacchus (front), by Francois Girardon (1628-1715). Date: circa 1660s

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)

Design for ephemera with mermaid
Design for ephemera, Rottmans Silver Stencil Series, with a mermaid. Silver Studio. 1895

MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. TeotihuacᮮThe Sun
MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ The Sun Pyramid. Teotihuacan culture

MEXICO. HIDALGO. Tula. Quetzalcoatl Temple and Atlantes Statues. Toltec art

MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. TeotihuacᮮQuetzalcoatl
MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ Quetzalcoatl

MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. TeotihuacᮮQuetzalc󡴬
MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ Quetzalc󡴬 Temple (350 AD). God Quetzalcᴬ. Teotihuacan culture

Harpy. Found in Peru in 17th c. according to the text. Litography

AUSTRALIA. NORTHERN TERRITORY. Ubirr Rock. Kakadu National Park. Cave

THAILAND. Khamphaeng Phet. Wat Phra Kaeo. Painting with mythological scene (18th-19th c.)

Great Palace. 650-770. MEXICO. CHIAPAS. Palenque. Late classic period. Maya art

AUSTRALIA. NORTHERN TERRITORY. Ayers Rock. Paleolithic art. Cave

Copper circular standard depicting the enigmatic
" Copper circular standard depicting the enigmatic " goddess of the Ulluchos" (3rd c. AD). Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum."

CHINA. Xiahe. Monastery of Labrang. The Silk Road. Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism (Geluk or Yellow Hat School)

SRI LANKA. Dambulla. Golden Temple. Dambulla Cave Temple, also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla

PERU. Trujillo. Chan Chan. Mural decoration

Kouan-ti, God of War. Chinese art. Ming period. China / Porcelain. FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum

Coin decorated with the wolf from Sienas Republic, 1507. Coin

Danae and the Golden Rain
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Danae receiving the Golden Rain. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on canvas

Bacchanal of the Andrians
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Bacchanal of the Andrians. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas

Danae receiving the Golden Rain
Tiziano Vecello, also called Titian (1490-1576). Danae Receiving the Golden Rain. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas

Mercury and Argus, 1659. Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez (1599-1660). Oil on canvas, 127 x 248 cm

Roman lightning exorcist attending to a tree
The Romans had priests named strufertarii whose duty it was to exorcise trees which had been struck by lightning. Date: BCE

Ornate Montgolfier balloon
An ornate Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselles, measuring 126 feet high and 100 feet wide. Montgolfier and six others ascended in this balloon above Lyons, France, on 19 January 1784. 1784

Imperial Airways Poster, Switzerland
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a Scylla passenger plane flying to Switzerland, with a mermaid and merman looking up in wonder. 1935

To the rescue; mythology up-to-date. Illustration shows Seth Low, possibly as Odysseus, with raised sword labeled Nonpartisanship about to strike a sea monster labeled Misrule as a woman

Drawing of a Sphinx, from a statue in the British Museum. By Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (1828-1881), an aunt of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1850s

Drawing of Erato, Muse of Song and Poetry
A drawing of Erato, the Muse of Lyric Song and Poetry in Greek mythology, from a statue in the British Museum. By Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (1828-1881), an aunt of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1850s

Penelope
The suitors discover Penelopes cunning

Statue of Perseus - The Vatican, Italy
Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova, completed 1801 (Vatican Museum). Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette of a wartime love scene
The temporary occupation by Mars has developed into permanent annexation by Cupid -- silhouette of a wartime love scene, showing Cupid sitting on top of a sentry box

The Song of the Siren
Two beautiful sirens sing their entrancing songs from their seats on some perilous rocks - their magic and beauty luring sailors to a terrible end... Date: 1932

Heidrun in Valhalla
Goat Heidrun browsing under the roof of Valhalla. Illustration in The Olafur Brynjulfsson Edda 1760, a manuscript which contains material from both the Younger and Elder Edda

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