Beast Collection (#11)

Theseus: "He had never seen so strange a beast"(litho)
5989602 Theseus: " He had never seen so strange a beast" (litho) by Soper, George (1870-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

Panel from an organ case, c. 1510-20 (oak with traces of polychromy)
5043010 Panel from an organ case, c. 1510-20 (oak with traces of polychromy) by Netherlandish School (16th century); 86.4x41.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Descending dragon (ink & tint on silk)
5043311 Descending dragon (ink & tint on silk) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 162.5x39.4 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution

A May Festival at Winsford, Cheshire (engraving)
1616657 A May Festival at Winsford, Cheshire (engraving) by Morehen, Horace (b.c.1841); Private Collection; (add.info.: A May Festival at Winsford, Cheshire)

Christmas at the Theatres (engraving)
1596989 Christmas at the Theatres (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Harrington (fl.1842-86) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas at the Theatres)

Panurge Leaving Raminagrobis House (Panurge sortant de chez Raminagrobis)
1068962 Panurge Leaving Raminagrobis House (Panurge sortant de chez Raminagrobis), 1855 (etching) by Bracquemond, Felix (1833-1914); 33.6x25 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger (litho)
1036813 Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger)

A Tale of a Famous Panther Hunt (engraving)
1039062 A Tale of a Famous Panther Hunt (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Tale of a Famous Panther Hunt)

Inspecting a New Railway in Queensland (engraving)
1054582 Inspecting a New Railway in Queensland (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inspecting a New Railway in Queensland)

"War is Hell"- Sherman, Peace in Cuba under Spanish Rule is Worse Than Hell
954601 " War is Hell" - Sherman, Peace in Cuba under Spanish Rule is Worse Than Hell, illustration from Judge, 30th April, 1898 (colour litho) by Hamilton, Grant E

Scene from Beauty and the Beast (colour litho)
979382 Scene from Beauty and the Beast (colour litho) by Boyle, Eleanor Vere (1825-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Beauty and the Beast.); © Look and Learn

Scene from Beauty and the Beast (colour litho)
979378 Scene from Beauty and the Beast (colour litho) by Boyle, Eleanor Vere (1825-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Beauty and the Beast.); © Look and Learn

Vessel, Kul-Oba Kurgan (silver)
3033565 Vessel, Kul-Oba Kurgan (silver) by Scythian, (4th century BC); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: Kul-Oba (Ukrainian: ÐUNzÐnNI-ÐXÐnÐ'; Russian)

Beauty and the Beast (colour litho)
3648912 Beauty and the Beast (colour litho) by Kelly, Robert George Talbot (1861-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beauty and the Beast)

Adoration of the Beast, from the Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers, 1373-87 (tapestry)
902038 Adoration of the Beast, from the Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers, 1373-87 (tapestry) by Bataille, Nicolas (fl. 1363-1400); Musee des Tapisseries, Angers

Page 983 from Cosmographiae Universalis by Sebastian Muenster, Basel
833803 Page 983 from Cosmographiae Universalis by Sebastian Muenster, Basel, 1572 (engraving) by Swiss School, (16th century); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; Swiss

The Whore of Babylon (engraving)
3646472 The Whore of Babylon (engraving) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Whore of Babylon. From Durers Apocalypse series)

Goblet, c. 1600 (silver-gilt)
3434820 Goblet, c.1600 (silver-gilt) by Hungarian School (17th century); height: 19.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Flaring cylindrical on a spreading domed foot flat-chased with arabesque)

Theseus and the Bull (colour litho)
3100003 Theseus and the Bull (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theseus and the Bull)

The Beast of the Apocalyps (engraving)
2791955 The Beast of the Apocalyps (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Beast of the Apocalyps)

A Standard-Bearer in the Field (colour litho)
2794636 A Standard-Bearer in the Field (colour litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Standard-Bearer in the Field)

"When the horse of Katharine stumbled he would storm and swear at the poor jaded beast"(colour litho)
2794909 " When the horse of Katharine stumbled he would storm and swear at the poor jaded beast" (colour litho) by Soper

Performing Arts in London (engraving)
2772049 Performing Arts in London (engraving) by Friston, David Henry (fl.1853-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: Performing Arts in London)

The capture of Cerberus (chromolitho)
2782724 The capture of Cerberus (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The capture of Cerberus. Liebig card, published in late 19th or early 20th century)

The Capitalist Moloch, from L Assiette au Beurre
XIR414082 The Capitalist Moloch, from L Assiette au Beurre, 27 August 1910 (colour litho) by Ostoja-Chrostovski, Stanislav (fl.1910); Musee de La Presse, Paris

Ceremonial palette with a reservoir for grinding eye paint, surrounded by carved animals
AMQ419827 Ceremonial palette with a reservoir for grinding eye paint, surrounded by carved animals, from the Main Deposit, Hierakonpolis, Egyptian

The Sea Monster, facsimile of the Bamberg Apocalypse (colour litho)
XIR392255 The Sea Monster, facsimile of the Bamberg Apocalypse (colour litho) by German School, (11th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Daniel in the den of lions, illustration from L Ancien Testament
REV326544 Daniel in the den of lions, illustration from L Ancien Testament, published by Jakob Ferdinand Schreiber, Esslingen (colour engraving) by German School

Seven Arguements Plainly Proving that Papists are Trayterous Subjects to all true
488980 Seven Arguements Plainly Proving that Papists are Trayterous Subjects to all true Christian Princes. With a Touch of Jesuites Treacheries

Destruction of the Beast and the False Prophet, 1804 (oil on panel)
488059 Destruction of the Beast and the False Prophet, 1804 (oil on panel) by West, Benjamin (1738-1820); 99.1x143.5 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Sphinx, frontispiece to Hieroglyphes et Poemes by Rey de Gourment, 1894 (litho)
746853 Sphinx, frontispiece to Hieroglyphes et Poemes by Rey de Gourment, 1894 (litho) by Groux, Henri de (1867-1930); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Belgian, out of copyright

Window w5 depicting a scene from the Book of the Revelation of St John
720290 Window w5 depicting a scene from the Book of the Revelation of St John: the white horse " True" (stained glass) by French School, (16th century); Eglise de St

Window w5 depicting scenes from St Johns Book of the Revelation
720286 Window w5 depicting scenes from St Johns Book of the Revelation: men are burned; water is turned to blood; vials are emptied; hail descends (stained glass) by French School

Mythical animal (Landkheit 826), 1912 (colour woodcut)
744732 Mythical animal (Landkheit 826), 1912 (colour woodcut) by Marc, Franz (1880-1916); 18.1x25.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

Measure for Measure, Act III, Sc I (litho)
6022063 Measure for Measure, Act III, Sc I (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Measure for Measure, Act III, Sc I. Isabella)

Mules on a Spanish Pass (colour litho)
6020640 Mules on a Spanish Pass (colour litho) by Noble, Edwin (1876-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mules on a Spanish Pass)

Historiated initial B depicting King David playing a viola (vellum)
MMT215600 Historiated initial B depicting King David playing a viola (vellum) by Italian School, (16th century); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Le roi David jouant de la viole)

Window depicting Satan (stained glass)
PC316443 Window depicting Satan (stained glass) by English School, (16th century); St. Marys Church, Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK; English, out of copyright

Daniel in the den of lions
LLM339621 Daniel in the den of lions by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daniel in the den of lions)

The Sphinx Defeated, c. 1878 (oil on board)
NUL396516 The Sphinx Defeated, c.1878 (oil on board) by Moreau, Gustave (1826-98); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Hercules in combat with the centaur Chiron, published 1808-10 (colour litho)
STC404439 Hercules in combat with the centaur Chiron, published 1808-10 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Megiddo Seal (jasper)
BLP398127 The Megiddo Seal (jasper) by Babylonian, (8th Century BC); 1.2x1.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: discovered in 1904 by an archaeological team lead by Gottlieb Schumacher)

Relief on a pyramid, Late Classic period (600-900 AD) (stucco)
JPC352291 Relief on a pyramid, Late Classic period (600-900 AD) (stucco) by Mayan; Tonina, Chiapas State, Mexico; (add.info.: Depicts a rodent-headed creature of the underworld; ); out of copyright

Zoomorphic stone, Late Classic period (600-900 AD) (stone)
JPC352281 Zoomorphic stone, Late Classic period (600-900 AD) (stone) by Mayan; Quirigua, Guatemala; (add.info.: Depicts a king emerging from the head of the Earth Monster; ); out of copyright

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