Fictional Character Collection (#77)

Colonel Lysander Stark, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Colonel Lysander Stark, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

He Unwound The Handkerchief, And Held Out His Hand, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
He Unwound The Handkerchief, And Held Out His Hand, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

He Made Neither Sound Nor Motion, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
He Made Neither Sound Nor Motion, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Good-Bye, And Be Brave, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Good-Bye, And Be Brave, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Well, Look At This, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Well, Look At This, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

We Got Off, Paid Our Fare. 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
We Got Off, Paid Our Fare. 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Which Of You Is Holmes?, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Which Of You Is Holmes?, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Her Face Blanched With Terror, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Her Face Blanched With Terror, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

He Hurled The Blacksmith Over A Parapet, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
He Hurled The Blacksmith Over A Parapet, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

You Are The Very Man, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
You Are The Very Man, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Just Read It Out To Me, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Just Read It Out To Me, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

See What My Wife Found In Its Crop, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
See What My Wife Found In Its Crop, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

He Bowed Solemnly To Both Of Us, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
He Bowed Solemnly To Both Of Us, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

The Roughs Had Fled At The Appearance of Peterson, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
The Roughs Had Fled At The Appearance of Peterson, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, c1910. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, c1910. From Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. [W. Butcher & Sons, London, c1910]

Alice looking at the bottle with the sign drink me, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice looking at the bottle with the sign drink me, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914)

Don Quixote. Pen Sketch from Line: An Art Study, 1923. Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
Don Quixote. Pen Sketch from Line: An Art Study, 1923. A Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615

The Concert. From Matthew Brambles Trip to Bath. c1780-1820, (1923). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Concert. From Matthew Brambles Trip to Bath. c1780-1820, (1923). Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), watercolour, pen & ink and pencil on paper laid on mount

Alice looking at a small door behind a curtain, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice looking at a small door behind a curtain, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Goose-Girl at the Well, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Goose-Girl at the Well, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Master Thief, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Master Thief, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The House in the Wood, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The House in the Wood, 1901. The Hut in the Forest, or The House in the Wood, is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Unlucky Man, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Unlucky Man, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Old Griffin, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Old Griffin, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Iron Stove, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Iron Stove, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Man of Iron, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Man of Iron, 1901. Iron John (AKA Iron Hans or Der Eisenhans) is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Old Woman in the Wood, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Old Woman in the Wood, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Donkey Cabbages, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Donkey Cabbages, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Three Brothers, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Three Brothers, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Shoes Which Were Danced to Pieces, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Shoes Which Were Danced to Pieces, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Giants Downfall, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Giants Downfall, 1901. The King?s Son Who Feared Nothing is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Two Kings Children, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Two Kings Children, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Soldier and the Bear, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Soldier and the Bear, 1901. Bearskin is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Experienced Huntsman, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Experienced Huntsman, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Two Wanderers, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Two Wanderers, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Water of Life, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Water of Life, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Goose Girl, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Goose Girl, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

Hans and his Cow, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
Hans and his Cow, 1901. Hans in Luck, is a fairy tale of Germanic origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Gold Children, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Gold Children, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Soaring Lark, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Soaring Lark, 1901. The Singing, Springing Lark or The Singing, Soaring Lark, is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Twelve Hunters, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Twelve Hunters, 1901. The Twelve Huntsmen is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

How Six Travelled Through the World, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
How Six Travelled Through the World, 1901. How Six Made Their Way in the World is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Hunter and the Animals, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Hunter and the Animals, 1901. The Two Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Knapsack, The Hat, and the Horn, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Knapsack, The Hat, and the Horn, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

Jorinde and Joringel, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
Jorinde and Joringel, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Golden Bird, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Golden Bird, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Wedding of Mrs. Fox, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Wedding of Mrs. Fox, 1901. The Wedding of Mrs. Fox is two German fairy tales collected under the same title by the Brothers Grimm in Grimms Fairy Tales

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Step into the enchanting world of fictional characters, where imagination knows no bounds. From the whimsical strokes of Richard Dadd's "The Fairy Fellers Master-Stroke" to the sturdy presence of Desperate Dan in Dundee, Scotland, these characters captivate our hearts and minds. In Charles Dickens' timeless tale "A Christmas Carol, " artist John Leech brings Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation to life, reminding us that redemption is always within reach. Meanwhile, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde embody the duality of human nature, a haunting reminder that darkness can lurk beneath even the most respectable facade. From ancient mythology springs forth Hector's tragic demise at Achilles' hands during the Trojan War—a testament to heroism and its ultimate sacrifice. In Babar O's ABC book illustration from 1939, we witness elephants teaching us letters with charm and grace. Alice finds herself caught in a topsy-turvy Wonderland as she confronts the Red Queen's infamous command: "Off with her head. " John Tenniel masterfully captures this moment of tension between curiosity and danger. Tam O Shanter emerges from Robert Burns' poetic genius as a character brimming with Scottish spirit and adventure. Alongside him stands a witch with her black cat—an embodiment of mystery and magic that has fascinated generations. Peter Pan takes flight in Kensington Gardens, London—forever young and forever free—as he invites us to embrace our inner childlike wonderment. And who could forget Don Quixote? Cervantes paints an unforgettable scene where his noble knight charges against windmills in pursuit of chivalry’s fading glory. These fictional characters transcend time and space; they inspire us to dream bigger, question deeper, and explore uncharted territories within ourselves. Whether they exist on canvas or leap off pages into our hearts—they remind us that stories have immense power—the power to ignite our imaginations while leaving an indelible mark on our souls.