Scary Collection (#5)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220524 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

The storm
DUV4217124 The storm; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon

Letter S: This snake that winds and whistles endlessly has the whistling and shape of the S, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214847 Letter S: This snake that winds and whistles endlessly has the whistling and shape of the S, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Letter S: This snake that winds and whistles constantly to as th sound and the shape of a S! 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214838 Letter S: This snake that winds and whistles constantly to as th sound and the shape of a S! 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Letter H: lobster, c.1920 (print)
DUV4205958 Letter H: lobster, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

Letter N: This great frightened devil who holds like a lichen to the earth is a large N, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214900 Letter N: This great frightened devil who holds like a lichen to the earth is a large N, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

The fear of Socialism in Britain, 1880
3478690 The fear of Socialism in Britain, 1880; (add.info.: Illustration highlighting the fear of Socialism in Britain 1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Illustration for Tom Brown's School-Days (litho)
8642858 Illustration for Tom Brown's School-Days (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: He felt shy and afraid of being seen)

Beauties of Shakespeare: King Lear (coloured engraving)
8646721 Beauties of Shakespeare: King Lear (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Lear)

They're looking for me (colour litho)
8656492 They're looking for me (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "They're looking for me." Fish coming after a man on a ship)

The Devil and Tom Walker, 1856 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877595 The Devil and Tom Walker, 1856 (oil on canvas) by Quidor, John (1801-81); 84x104 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

"So There!" (litho)
8663500 "So There!" (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: "So There)

The Introduction of the Pigtail (litho)
8661042 The Introduction of the Pigtail (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Introduction of the Pigtail)

Napoleon at the Battle of Lutzen, 1813 (colour litho)
8663992 Napoleon at the Battle of Lutzen, 1813 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon rallying his conscripts at the Battle of Lutzen, Germany)

Galileo Galilei facing the Inquisition, 1633 (litho)
8673172 Galileo Galilei facing the Inquisition, 1633 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fishing for conger off the East coast (colour litho)
8672611 Fishing for conger off the East coast (colour litho) by Soper, George (1870-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing for conger off the East coast)

Do You Know: Why were tankards originally glass-bottomed? (colour litho)
8668134 Do You Know: Why were tankards originally glass-bottomed? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Why were tankards originally glass-bottomed)

The Capture of the Five Kings (litho)
8661285 The Capture of the Five Kings (litho) by Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Capture of the Five Kings)

John Bull leering at the city of Brest in 1803 (engraving)
NMM5619602 John Bull leering at the city of Brest in 1803 (engraving); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: " Caricature showing a huge John Bull on a tiny boat facing the French)

Autumn colors
Fabrizio Massetti

Pumpkinhead
Sergey Boyko

my queen
Rubby Adhisuria

If I got rid of my Demons, I'd lose my Angels
Ruslan Bolgov

Thoughts buzz around me like moths around a light
Holger Droste

USA, Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (PR)

Pork Chops
Sam Fagan

the crypt
Magdalena Russocka

RF - American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) swims through sunrays. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796. Creator: Henry Fuseli
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796

Fangtooth moray (Enchelycore anatina) with open mouth, portrait. Tenerife, Canary Islands

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleans among the sharp teeth of a predatory roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus) beneath an overhang on a coral reef

I m Some Pumpkin - a very strange postcard featuring a man with a manically-grinning carved pumpkin instead of his head, which is frankly pretty disturbing. Date: 1912

Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp. ) adult, walking over Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis
Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp.) adult, walking over Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis royi) without preying on it. Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Chobe National Park, Botswana, June

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaking surface with mouth open. Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) captive

Jaguar (Panthera onca) female yawning, native to Southern and Central America, captive

Common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) roosting in cave, Costa Rica

Black bears (Ursus americanus) standing on back legs, fighting, Minnesota, USA, June

Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) on shore with saliva dripping from mouth, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Aye Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at night, Palmarium, Atsinanana, Madagascar

Fangtooth moray eel (Enchelycore anatina) with mouth open, Grand Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean

Visualize Fear - Trapped in time
Visualize fear. Trapped in time. An abstract person trapped behind a clock face

Visualize Fear
Visualize fear. Bats hanging on a tree at midnight

Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) underwater, flicking tongue, Formoso River, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Black panther / melanistic Leopard (Panthera pardus) baring teeth, captive

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), underwater, Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba, January. Vulnerable species

Ribbon sawtail fish (Idiacanthus fasciola) from Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 800-1000m

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