Story Collection (page 13)

The British Valhalla -- conversion to Christianity
The British Valhalla -- the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon people (Paulinus before Edwin), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845

The British Valhalla -- two knights reading history book
The British Valhalla -- two knights reading a history book of Britain, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

Shopfront with an overhanging balcony, Pompeii. Chromolithograph and illustration by G. Autoriello from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations)

Lohengrin and Elsa of Brabant, an old German legend

British Dominions Book of Beginnings, Story without end

Cover design, Monsieur Beaucaire, opera by Andre Messager
Cover design, musical score, Monsieur Beaucaire, a romantic opera by Andre Messager, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, based on the story by Booth Tarkington

Victorian scrap, scene from Aladdin, the Princess exchanges the magic lamp for a new one. 19th century

The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power, freelance journalist
The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman), freelance journalist. who earned notoriety as the author of the Great Kitchener Yarn - Power claimed to have brought

The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution
Poster, The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution, Felix Gras, published by William Heinemann, London

Little Miss Muffet by Agnes Richardson

The Story of a Dress - Christian Dior
Double page spread from The Sketch drawn by Francis Marshall documenting the different stages of a Christian Dior dress. Top left the dress is designed by Dior himself while top right shows a

Theatre poster, William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

Theatre poster, Faust
Theatre poster for a production of Faust, showing Mephistopheles

Front cover, Old-time stories from Grimm & Andersen, depicting Little Red RIding Hood walking in the forest with a basket on her arm, a bunch of flowers in her hand and a wolf walking beside her

Cartoon, The Only Topic. 1870

Illustration, The Black Dwarf - Tales of My Landlord, by Sir Walter Scott. 1820

Moses and the Burning Bush

Daniel in the Lions Den. 19th century

Abraham offering up Isaac for sacrifice
Abraham offering up his son Isaac for sacrifice is stopped just in time by an angel

Misfitz Playing Cards - Old Mother Hubbard by Ethel Parkinson. circa 1910s

A Funny Story, Comical Cats. 1893

Henry, Prince of Wales striking Judge William Gascoigne
Henry, Prince of Wales (the future King Henry V), striking Judge William Gascoigne in the Court of the Kings Bench - an apocryphal story. early 15th century

Henry, Prince of Wales committed to prison
Henry, Prince of Wales (the future King Henry V) committed to prison for striking Judge William Gascoigne in the Court of the Kings Bench - an apocryphal story. early 15th century

Cupid robbed of his Pinions

Little Bo Peep sheet music and lyrics
Little Bo Peep surrounding the music and lyrics. circa 1900s

(Cinderella) Guiraudon in the title role and Mademoiselle Emelen as the Prince in this opera based on the Cinderella story. Date: 1899

Dick Whittington and his cat on a postcard. Date: 20th century

Title page design, The Story of Me -- a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Showing a baby turning the pages of a large book

Frontispiece design, The Story of Me, a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Depicting a baby sitting inside a large flower. Date: 1940s

Endpaper design, The Story of Me, a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Depicting a baby in a nest in a tree. Date: 1940s

Front cover design, The Story of Me -- a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Date: 1940s

Front cover design, The War Story of Bovril. Date: 1946

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. early 19th century

An Amazing Seance and an Exposure
Cover design, An Amazing Seance and an Exposure, by Sydney A Moseley, introduction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1919

Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wife
An apology in The Graphic which had, in January 1928, run a story claiming that a Greek Orthodox priest had pickled and eaten his wife after she had fallen down some stairs and broken her neck

Father Nicholas of Tirana accused of eating his wife
Story in The Graphic in January 1928 alleging that Father Nicholas, a Greek Orthodox priest from Tirana was being tried for pickling

Illustration to Rokeby, narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott
Illustration to Rokeby, a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott. early 19th century

Don Quixote in His Study

Walter de Monbary, Grand Master of the Knights Templars
Walter de Monbary (Montbarry), Grand Master of the Knights Templars, illustration to a novel by Benedikte Naubert. 1803

Illustration, The Vicar of Wakefield, a novel by Oliver Goldsmith. 18th century

Biblical tales from the Old and New Testaments - a nativity scene at the centre with Adam and Eve in the distance on the left

Peter Pan statue, Kensington Gardens, London
A little girl stands by the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, London. Date: circa 1930s

Alice in Wonderland - White Rabbit splendidly dressed
Illustration to Alice in Wonderland - the White Rabbit splendidly dressed. 1922

Mother Goose design, advertising Glaxo for children. Date: early 20th century

Poster for Babes in the Wood, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

Poster for Aladdin, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

Poster for Jack and the Beanstalk, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

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