Story Collection (page 17)

Comic postcard, Underground Movement Date: 20th century

Buffalo Bill magazine -- original stories of the Far West, Buffalo Bill and Dark Despard. 1925

Ali Baba at the Cave by Rene Bull
Open Sesame - Ali Baba at the cave. Date: 1914

Victorian scrap - Little Red Riding Hood. late 19th century

Misfitz - The Pied Piper of Hamelin. early 20th century

Misfitz - Hansel and Gretel - The Old Witch. early 20th century

Russian Literary Giants - Chekov, Tolstoy and Gorky
Three Russian Literary Giants - (left) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Playwright and short story writer (centre) Count Lev (Leo) Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Shakespeare - Troilus and Cressida - Pandarus (to Cressida): O brave Troilus? - look well upon him, niece. circa 1830

WW1 - Italian Propaganda - The Tortoise and the Hare
WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard - re-telling of the story of the tortoise (The Allies) and the hare (The Central Powers) striving to be the first to gain Victory. Date: circa 1916

The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray
The Prince Charming who became a Monster, The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray. 1926

Mount Royal, Portrush - a view of a three story buildings terrace. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s

The Channel Islands - Bordeaux Harbour - Story beach - 3 men - several small boats. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands Bordeaux Harbour is a fishing port

The Garden of Eden, 1618, by Roelandt Savery (1576-1639)
Roelandt Savery (1576-1639). Flemish painter. The Garden of Eden, 1618. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Germanic bards. Colored engraving
Bard. Among the ancient Celts, a poet who composed panegyrics and songs of war, but then went on to describe the heroic or lyric poet of any age or country. Germanic bards. Colored engraving

Beatus of Liebana (c. 730- c. 800). The Commentary on the Apocalypse. The Ark of Noah. National Library. Madrid

Caricature of Herbert Campbell, comedian and actor
Caricature of Herbert Campbell (real name Herbert Edward Story, 1844-1904), English comedian and actor. 1880

Lazarillo De Tormes
The authorship of this picaresque novel, telling the story of a colourful rogue, remains a mystery, but it has become a classic though banned by the Inquisition. Date: first published 1554

Rasputin as Ruin of Tsar
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Caricatured as The ruin of Tsardom, a lesson to all good people, the story of the serpent, a warning to Russian children Date: 1872 - 1916

UFO & OUTER SPACE
Found ! An ancient tomb - for cavemen or spacemen story tells of a strange 1938 archeological discovery on the China/Tibet border of tombs containing strange skeletons Date: 1979

The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover
The Justice of Tor Date: 1950

The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres, by Will Irwin
Newspaper supplement (4th March 1915) - The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres, by Will Irwin. Reprinted from The Daily Mail. Includes map of the battle. Commemorative Art

Posada, Illustration to a story, La Noche Venturosa
Illustration to a story, La Noche Venturosa -- The Lucky Night or the Queen of Blas and Bato. Date: circa 1900

Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s

Mermaid of Zennor wood carving, Zennor Church, Cornwall
A wood carving of a mermaid on the end of a pew in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall. She is known as the Mermaid of Zennor and is depicted with long flowing hair

Advert for Neet hair removing cream (1927) featuring the a story relating to dance called The Tangette - a cross between the Argentine Tango and the French Gavotte requiring the utmost of grace

King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tide
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

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