Dwarf Collection (page 6)

Fight between Pygmies and Cranes. A story from Greek mythology. From The Strand Magazine published 1897
878611 Fight between Pygmies and Cranes. A story from Greek mythology. From The Strand Magazine published 1897. by English School, (19th century); Private Collection

Sunday Morning scene, Petticoat Lane Market, London c. 1900 (b/w photo)
XJF283179 Sunday Morning scene, Petticoat Lane Market, London c.1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Albert Einstein, 1920 (photo)
GIA4704116 Albert Einstein, 1920 (photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; © Giancarlo Costa

The siege of Toulouse by Henry II, King of England (engraving)
1761660 The siege of Toulouse by Henry II, King of England (engraving) by French School; © Tallandier

Snow White and the Prince
Vintage colour engraving of Snow White a German fairy tale known across much of Europe and is today one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide

Thumbling - Little Tom Thumb
Vintage colour engraving of Thumbling (Little Tom Thumb) a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Thumbling, a poor childless peasant couple wishes for a child no matter how small aloud

A Roman soldier mocking Christ, with the artist's name in Latin above, and below a poem berating man for his sins
XAM77564 A Roman soldier mocking Christ, with the artist's name in Latin above, and below a poem berating man for his sins, titlepage to the series The Great Passion, pub

Standing figure, possibly Gbaya people, 19th-20th century (wood & fibre)
1068157 Standing figure, possibly Gbaya people, 19th-20th century (wood & fibre) by African School; 29.9x7.3x7.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Imps dancing around a tree where a princess is held prisoner, My Fairyland by Fiona Malcolm, 1916 (colour litho)
CHT163369 Imps dancing around a tree where a princess is held prisoner, My Fairyland by Fiona Malcolm, 1916 (colour litho) by Anderson, Florence (1874-1930); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

The Three Little Men in the Wood (colour litho)
AKV384623 The Three Little Men in the Wood (colour litho) by Hey, Paul (1867-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drei Maennlein im Walde; The Three Dwarfs;)

Post Office Savings Bank, 1904-06 (photo)
XAM198145 Post Office Savings Bank, 1904-06 (photo) by Wagner, Otto (1841-1918); Vienna, Austria; Ali Meyer

Illustration for Gulliver's Journey written by Jonathan Swift, c. 1900 (chromo)
XEE4407065 Illustration for Gulliver's Journey written by Jonathan Swift, c.1900 (chromo) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lancelot and the Dwarf, illustration from The Book of Romance published by Longmans Green and Co, 1919 (litho)
3551766 Lancelot and the Dwarf, illustration from The Book of Romance published by Longmans Green and Co, 1919 (litho) by English School

University Beadle
3785780 University Beadle by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: University Beadle - Jean Lequeux, Messenger of Guise en Thierache, Diocese of Laon (Picardy, northern France)

Very carefully she cut the soft white beard (from the story Snow White and Rose-Red)
3785335 Very carefully she cut the soft white beard (from the story Snow White and Rose-Red), illustration from A Staircase of Stories published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd 1940's (colour litho)

The Three Little Men in the Wood (colour litho)
AKV384608 The Three Little Men in the Wood (colour litho) by Hey, Paul (1867-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drei Maennlein im Walde; The Three Dwarfs;)

Major Tpschoffki. Illustration by Harry Furniss for a Charles Dickens Christmas story, Going Into Society
1000831 Major Tpschoffki. Illustration by Harry Furniss for a Charles Dickens Christmas story, Going Into Society, from The Testimonial Edition, published 1910

Envoys from Duke William are Sent to Count Guy of Ponthieu, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen)
XIR162169 Envoys from Duke William are Sent to Count Guy of Ponthieu, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen) by English School, (11th century); Musee de la Tapisserie, Bayeux

The skeletons of Charles Byrne, 1761-1783, "The Irish Giant" right and on the left Caroline Crachami, c
745810 The skeletons of Charles Byrne, 1761-1783, "The Irish Giant" right and on the left Caroline Crachami, c.1815--1824, "The Sicilian Dwarf"

Sign of the Post (oil on panel)
490295 Sign of the Post (oil on panel) by Flemish School; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Mont Saint Michel
1841258 Mont Saint Michel by Fer, Nicolas de (1646-1720); (add.info.: The Mont-Saint-Michel (Normandy, France) : map by Nicolas de Fer, France, 1703); Photo © CCI

Purple flowered dwarf elder tree, Sambucus ebulus
5856738 Purple flowered dwarf elder tree, Sambucus ebulus by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Purple flowered dwarf elder tree, Sambucus ebulus)

Syntax Star-gazing, from The Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque, by William Combe
STC213548 Syntax Star-gazing, from The Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque, by William Combe, published 1812 (aquatint) by Rowlandson

Dutch Gabled house (photo)
KW217442 Dutch Gabled house (photo) by Dutch School; Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Miss Lavinia Warren, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Miss Lavinia Warren, between 1855 and 1865. [American circus performer, wife of General Tom Thumb]

Japanese Tommy, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Japanese Tommy, between 1855 and 1865. [African-American entertainer, sometimes billed as the African Tom Thumb and the African Dwarf Tommy

Tristan and Isalde in the Baumgarten, 1837 (engraving)
7273660 Tristan and Isalde in the Baumgarten, 1837 (engraving); 13.2x9.5 cm; JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: Illustration from the folk books, " 13 & 14)

La Gran Nusta Mania Occollo
BON78185 La Gran Nusta Mania Occollo by Mexican School, (18th century); 46.3x38.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

The dwarves quarrelling over the body of Fafner, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
STC324256 The dwarves quarrelling over the body of Fafner, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924 (colour litho) by Rackham

DDE-90037420
South America, Orinoco Region, Amazon Basin. Dwarf Caimen (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) Date: 10/11/2005

DDE-90037235
Pygmy Marmoset, (Cebuella pygmaea), captive, Amazon basin. Date: 17/02/2005

DDE-90028633
Canada, Nunavut, Salisbury Island, Dwarf Fireweed (chamerion latifolium) close-up. Date: 11/09/2007

DDE-90027315
Melon cactus along the Meseta trail, Melocactus intortus, Guanica dry forest, Puerto Rico Date: 19/07/2007

DDE-90024778
Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Strait. A normally red dwarf lionfish exhibits its rare yellow color phase. Date: 19/05/2006

DDE-90024605
Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Straits. Juvenile dendrochirus zebra fish atop a tube sponge. Date: 11/02/2005

DDE-90022569
Africa. Tanzania. A family of Dwarf Mongoose on an abandoned termite mound in Tarangire NP. Date: 19/05/2005

DDE-90022211
Dwarf Mongoose, Helogale parvula, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Date: 11/11/2005

DDE-90022210
Dwarf Mongoose, Helogale parvula, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Date: 11/11/2005

DDE-90019644
Dwarf Mongoose, Helogale parvula, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya Date: 11/11/2005

DDE-90019509
Kenya, Masai Mara. Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula) Date: 27/08/2005

Bicocca degli Arcimboldi: 15th century fresco, detail of the cutting of fabrics and a dwarf (fresco)
7240205 Bicocca degli Arcimboldi: 15th century fresco, detail of the cutting of fabrics and a dwarf (fresco) by Italian School

Moses Saved from the Waters, 1540-45 (oil on canvas)
LRI4575065 Moses Saved from the Waters, 1540-45 (oil on canvas) by Pitati, Bonifazio de (Bonifacio Veronese) (c.1487-1553); 175x345 cm; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy; Luisa Ricciarini

Popular scene depicting a midget and a bourgeois. Caricature by Pigal (19th century)
LSE4087369 Popular scene depicting a midget and a bourgeois. Caricature by Pigal (19th century). by Pigal, Edme Jean (1798-1872); Private Collection; (add.info)

Andvaris curse (colour litho)
7173304 Andvaris curse (colour litho) by Doepler, Carl Emil (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: The dwarf Andvari cursing the gold stolen from him)

Le dwarf jaune - Tale de tale de Marie Catherine (Marie-Catherine) d Aulnoy (1651-1705)
XEE4181595 Le dwarf jaune - Tale de tale de Marie Catherine (Marie-Catherine) d Aulnoy (1651-1705) - Illustration of Vaccari et Carrey in " Les beaux tales" collection " Nos

Roi grenouille. Frog king, c. 1900 (illustration)
5675009 Roi grenouille. Frog king, c.1900 (illustration) by Schutz, Erich (1886-1937); (add.info.: Fairy Tales. Princess and Frog King in his courtyard)

The dwarf knew which was the youngest (colour litho)
2812948 The dwarf knew which was the youngest (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The dwarf knew which was the youngest)

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"The Enigmatic World of Dwarfs: From Gulliver's Travels to Singers Midgets" Step into the fascinating realm of dwarfs, where history and imagination intertwine. In the iconic illustration "The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, " published by Hannah Humphrey in 1803, we witness the meeting between two contrasting figures - a giant king and a diminutive traveler. This captivating image captures the allure surrounding these extraordinary beings. Delving deeper into their significance, we encounter ancient beliefs that revered dwarfs as Gods of Healing. Their mystical powers were sought after for their ability to bring solace and cure ailments. A mesmerizing circus poster from c1910 showcases Singers Midgets, highlighting how they captivated audiences with their unique talents. Religion too has its own connection to dwarfs. In Egypt, Bes was worshipped as a deity associated with protection against evil spirits. Picture No. 10900145 takes us on an artistic journey through this religious iconography, showcasing the intricate details attributed to this dwarf-like figure. As we explore further, TAB III Album I reveals glimpses of another world altogether - an enchanting oak woodland on Dartmoor. Here, amidst nature's beauty lies a sense of mystery that draws us closer to understanding the allure surrounding these mythical creatures. Intriguingly enough, even great historical figures like Peter I had encounters with dwarfs; depicted in oil on canvas in "Peter I at Deptford Dockyard. " This painting transports us back to 1857 when Peter I encountered these enigmatic beings during his visit. From literature to artistry and beyond, dwarfs have left an indelible mark throughout history. They continue to fascinate our imaginations while challenging societal norms about what it means to be different or unique. So let us embrace the captivating world of dwarfs.