Sinister Collection (page 2)

London - Houses of Parliament by moonlight Date: circa 1917

London - Hyde Park Corner by moonlight Date: circa 1910s

London - The Thames Embankment by moonlight Date: circa 1910s

A very scary Father Christmas with billhook and lantern. The caption is also a little bizarre - it reads: " May Christmas mirth wed New Years Joy"... Date: circa 1907

Spooky Santas
A strangly spooky consignment of toy Father Christmas dolls, apparently having just arrived at a London wholesale depot ready for the festivities. Date: 1930s

Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark, WW1
Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark -- a Zeppelin airship creeps over Paris at night with deadly intent. Date: 1916

Temple of Solomon
According to Masonic doctrine, their craft has its origins in the building of King Solomons Temple, amid occult practices and sinister goings-on

Future Warplane
One of the sinister British warplanes which caused so much damage in the war with France... Date: 1902

Dorian Gray Walking Home
Dorian walks home through the dimly-lit streets. Date: First published: 1891

Little Red Riding Hood fancy dress
A quartet in fancy dress costume dressed up as the main characters in the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf costume is particularly sinister. Date: c.1910

A Son of Satan by Clifford Rean
Promotional postcard for A Son of Satan by Clifford Rean. First produced at Smethwick 19th February 1902. Date: 1902

SNOWY OWL - close-up of eye (Nyctea scandiaca). Russia

Cat on the Steps
A rather sinister black cat, lurking in the shadows on some steep steps. Date: early 1930s

The Charm of a London Night Fog - amazing lighting effects as the beam of a street light diffuses through the shape of a roadside tree. Date: 1919

Meeting of the Church and the Army. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco. Private Collection

Spooky Spiral Staircase
Detail of a dark, rather sinister spiral staircase, looking upwards... Date: 1950s

Advert for Craven A cigarettes 1935
Craven A - And the reason for her choice? The only cigarette which does not affect her throat, and does not stain her fingers or lips. 1935

Gretna Green Anvil and Richard Rennison
Richard Rennison - the Gretna Green Anvil Priest 1926 - 1940, pictured with books recording over 2000 marriages overseen at the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Gretna in seven years

Fortune Telling Cards
A sinister gipsy woman, dripping with rings and necklaces, spreads her fortune telling cards across the table... Date: 1970s

Sombre Pianist
A moody pianist in gothic surroundings. Date: 1930s

Railings Shadows
Iron gates and railings cast sinister shadows across a young woman walking alone at night... Date: 1950s

Fortune Teller & Cat
A sinister gipsy woman and her scary cat, reading someones fortune with playing cards... Date: 1970s

Mysterious Waters
An eerie morning mist creeps over the River Nene, Northampton, England. Two swans glide across the still water... Date: early 1960s

G-Man vs The Red X book back cover
Back cover of a pulp fiction thriller called G-Man vs the Red X showing a sinister shadowy figure looking through a window at a riverside scene bathed in red. Date: 1936

Little Red Riding Hood by Felix de Gray
Little Red Riding Hood visits her Grandma only to find that her facial hair problem has got somewhat ou of control. Date: 1934

New England Witches
The sinister appearance of a wolf at Salem Date: 1692

WW1 Propaganda
A sinister, if rather coy, note from German soldiers to British soldiers during World War One." Dear Tommy, You are quite welcome to what we are leaving

Russian poster advertising bicycles
Russian poster advertising famous bicycles: Humber, Flyte and Derby. A devil figure rides his bicycle to the edge of a high rock, while a stag jumps off in fright!

Bargains in Bombs
Anarchists at sale on the Western Front. Several good hand-grenades, suitable for elections were sold. The auctioneers sidekick, Bairnsfathers creation, " Old Bill", tells one anarchist

Tentacles by Raymond Sheppard. An abstract fantasy painting featuring tentacle-like growths in a strange landscape, perhaps under the sea

Popish Plot Document
Proclamation ordering a complete inquiry into the (supposed) Popish Plot against the late Charles II, in the belief that the sinister conspiracy might continue

Spooky Pavement
A night scene on a lonely and rather spooky corner of the Pavement, York, England

Spooky Trees
A rather spooky night scene with a sinister row of trees lining a suburban street

Haworth Churchyard
HAWORTH View of the Haworth Parsonage, in West Yorkshire, now a museum. The Bronte family moved there in 1820. View from the churchyard

Man Walks in Sunshine
A man walks through Fountains Court, Temple, London, in the morning sunshine

Spooky Shadows
Two sinister figures cast evening shadows over a pathway

Squeers with New Boy
Wackford Squeers, the sinister proprietor of Dotheboys Hall, prepares to mistreat a new boy pupil

Snowy London
A businessman with his briefcase walks alone across a Trafalgar Square in the dirty snow

English Flying Machine
The sinister English flying machine menaces the French submarine : illustration to Le sous-marin Le Vengeur by Pierre Mael

Cake Walking Pair
Two handsome dancers strut their thing in fine style, giving the cake-walk almost a sinister look

Dickens / Haunted / Stairs
THE HAUNTED MAN the unhappy haunted man of the title at the top of a staircase Date: First published: 1848

WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS
Rosamund, tied to a tree in Hyena-Full Wood, is saved when the tree un-gags her, thus enabling her to cry for help...etc

Dream Chart
The key to your dreams : a sorcerer and a witch, with their sinister familiars, reveal your destiny when you tell them your dreams, for everything has a meaning !

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

The Mausoleum at Chesney Wold belonging to the Dedlock family

Misty Woods
Autumn mists, a scene among the trees in Abingdon Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Monk of the Marshes
THE MONK OF THE MARSHES a huge and sinister figure seen by countryfolk who pass ponds in Berry, central France, at night Date: 1858

Lavandieres De LA Nuit
LES LAVANDIERES DE LA NUIT (= Laundresses of the night) sinister washerwomen of Berry, central France, who launder infant corpses by stagnant pools

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