Giant Collection (#10)

Skeleton of the American mastodon, Mammut americanum and of the faint species of giant terrestrial lazy
FLO4693744 Skeleton of the American mastodon, Mammut americanum and of the faint species of giant terrestrial lazy, Mylodon robustus. Lithographie in Petrefactenbuch (Book of Petrification) by Dr

Samson et dalila (Samson and Delilah). 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4920166 Samson et dalila (Samson and Delilah). 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Cane de Provence (Arundo donax or Grand reed or Cattail Reed) (Giant Cane, Carrizo, Arundo, Spanish cane)
ELD4878740 Cane de Provence (Arundo donax or Grand reed or Cattail Reed) (Giant Cane, Carrizo, Arundo, Spanish cane, Colorado River Reed, Wild cane)

Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach or arrach) Botanical board from Atlas colorie des plantes
ELD4879445 Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach or arrach) Botanical board from Atlas colorie des plantes medicinales" by Paul Hariot

Cartoon by President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) sharing the scene with Senator Robert Marion La Follette
NWI4936935 Cartoon by President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) sharing the scene with Senator Robert Marion La Follette (1855-1925), 1911

Photography montage cartoon showing a man with a big head sitting on a chair, 1890
LUX4719099 Photography montage cartoon showing a man with a big head sitting on a chair, 1890; (add.info.: Photography montage cartoon showing a man with a big head sitting on a chair)

View of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland
FLO4727943 View of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum). Lithograph from "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen" by Johannes Zorn
FLO4734419 Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum). Lithograph from "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen" by Johannes Zorn (1739-1799), Netherlands, 1796. Rosebay tree, Rhododendron maximum

Yellow-footed tortoise or Brazilian giant tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata (tabular tortoise, Testudo tabulata)
FLO4695352 Yellow-footed tortoise or Brazilian giant tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata (tabular tortoise, Testudo tabulata)

Unknown gecko species from Arabia (Scollop-tailed gecko, Lacerta caudiverbera), and giant leaf-tailed gecko
FLO4695158 Unknown gecko species from Arabia (Scollop-tailed gecko, Lacerta caudiverbera), and giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus (fimbriated gecko, Stellio fimbriatus)

Indian burrowing frog (Sphaerotheca breviceps (short-headed toad, Rana breviceps)
FLO4694828 Indian burrowing frog (Sphaerotheca breviceps (short-headed toad, Rana breviceps) and cape rain frog or giant rain frog, Breviceps gibbosus (le Bossu of la Cepede, Rana gibbosa)

Neflier branch of Japan, nefle load - Giant loquat, Eriobotrya japonica. Chromolithograph (lithocaustic) by A
FLO4720921 Neflier branch of Japan, nefle load - Giant loquat, Eriobotrya japonica. Chromolithograph (lithocaustic) by A. Hoen & Co. from a botanical illustration by William H

The ladies gave me a gale with their fans. From Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag
2963131 The ladies gave me a gale with their fans. From Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag. From Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

I perceived a vast opaque body between me and the sun. Gulliver's first sighting of the flying island or rock known
2963128 I perceived a vast opaque body between me and the sun. Gulliver's first sighting of the flying island or rock known as Laputa

I took up the knotted end of the cables, to which my hooks were tied. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput
2963124 I took up the knotted end of the cables, to which my hooks were tied. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput. Illustration from Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo

I lay on the ground to kiss his majesty and the empress's hands. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput
2963115 I lay on the ground to kiss his majesty and the empress's hands. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput. Illustration from Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo

Title page and frontispiece Gulliver's Travel, 1826 (print)
PCT4284888 Title page and frontispiece Gulliver's Travel, 1826 (print); (add.info.: Title page and frontispiece of an ancient open book: " Les voyages de Gulliver" by Jonathan Swift)

Indigene standing by giant termitieres on the coast of Guinee (Guinee Conakry)
FLO4635259 Indigene standing by giant termitieres on the coast of Guinee (Guinee Conakry). Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique" by

View of Seal Bay and a nest on Hartik Island near Melbourne, Australia. Illustration by Nicolas Martin Petro (1777-1804)
FLO4636087 View of Seal Bay and a nest on Hartik Island near Melbourne, Australia. Illustration by Nicolas Martin Petro (1777-1804)

Giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea (Lycoperdon giganteum), common puffball, Lycoperdon gemmatum, and pestle puffball
FLO4633696 Giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea (Lycoperdon giganteum), common puffball, Lycoperdon gemmatum, and pestle puffball, Handkea excipuliformis (Lycoperdon saccatum)

Giant grasshopper, Tropidacris dux. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's
FLO4616010 Giant grasshopper, Tropidacris dux. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's " Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, " Bohn, London

Poison bulb, giant crinum lily, grand crinum lily or spider lily, Crinum asiatium (Crinum declinatum)
FLO4609760 Poison bulb, giant crinum lily, grand crinum lily or spider lily, Crinum asiatium (Crinum declinatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by William

The fight between Roland (died 778) and the giant Ferracut (Ferragut, Ferragus, Ferracutus, Ferrakut, Ferraguto)
FLO4623262 The fight between Roland (died 778) and the giant Ferracut (Ferragut, Ferragus, Ferracutus, Ferrakut, Ferraguto, Farrau, Fernagu), from the legend of Charlemagne

Giant sphinx moth, Cocytius antaeus (Annona sphinx, Sphinx annonae). Illustration drawn
FLO4683436 Giant sphinx moth, Cocytius antaeus (Annona sphinx, Sphinx annonae). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Lepidoptere, American moth variety, caterpillar, nymph and adult, Hypercompe scribonia - Lithography by Richard
FLO4684083 Lepidoptere, American moth variety, caterpillar, nymph and adult, Hypercompe scribonia - Lithography by Richard Polydore Nodder (1774-1823) published in The Naturalist Miscellany

Villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa, and giant fennel, Ferula communis
FLO4668972 Villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa, and giant fennel, Ferula communis. A herb with leaves like fennel called Thapsia

Scorpio of Sri Lanka. Signed illustration N (Frederick Nodder). Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801)
FLO4680111 Scorpio of Sri Lanka. Signed illustration N (Frederick Nodder). Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), for the naturalist collection

Box crab, Calappa hepatica 1, giant box crab, Calappa calappa 2, floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus 3
FLO4652598 Box crab, Calappa hepatica 1, giant box crab, Calappa calappa 2, floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus 3, Diogenes hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator 4, 5, and soldier crab

Giant forest scorpion, Heterometrus indus, and other species of scorpions from America, Germany, Italy (Scorpio afer)
FLO4652595 Giant forest scorpion, Heterometrus indus, and other species of scorpions from America, Germany, Italy (Scorpio afer, Scorpio americus, etc.). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G.W

Giant anteater or ant bear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (The ant hunter, Tamadua guacu)
FLO4652893 Giant anteater or ant bear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (The ant hunter, Tamadua guacu). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann after an illustration by Johann Christoph

Thomas Hornor's hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
FLO4569259 Thomas Hornor's hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821

Asian crinum or large crinum or crinum lily - Giant crinum lily, Crinum asiatium (Plaited leaved crinum)
FLO4582072 Asian crinum or large crinum or crinum lily - Giant crinum lily, Crinum asiatium (Plaited leaved crinum, Crinum plicatum)

Giant's Causeway, Ulster, Ireland, circa 1800 (La Chaussee des giants, Ireland, circa 1800)
FLO4576883 Giant's Causeway, Ulster, Ireland, circa 1800 (La Chaussee des giants, Ireland, circa 1800). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur Kinder"

Madagascariensis Megaladapis, koala lemurien, species of giant lemurien who sometimes inhabited the island of
FLO4638979 Madagascariensis Megaladapis, koala lemurien, species of giant lemurien who sometimes inhabited the island of Madagascar. Chromolithography of F

Megatherium americanum, genus of lazy giant, from the periods of Pliocene and Pleistocene. Chromolithography of F
FLO4639684 Megatherium americanum, genus of lazy giant, from the periods of Pliocene and Pleistocene. Chromolithography of F

Elotherium or Entelodon, genus of giant phacochere, from the period of Eocene inferior to Oligocene
FLO4639475 Elotherium or Entelodon, genus of giant phacochere, from the period of Eocene inferior to Oligocene. Chromolithography by Heinrich Garder (1858-1935)

Giant hyrax, einte species, ancestor of the rock hyrax or Cape daman (Procavia capensis)
FLO4639440 Giant hyrax, einte species, ancestor of the rock hyrax or Cape daman (Procavia capensis). Chromolithography by Heinrich Garden (1858-1935)

Kangaroo - giant kangaroo - Macropus giganteus. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World
FLO4646444 Kangaroo - giant kangaroo - Macropus giganteus. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart

Giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas (Trochilus gigas). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William
FLO4650222 Giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas (Trochilus gigas). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology

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Brunel's Great Eastern (colour litho)
8663657 Brunel's Great Eastern (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's paddle steamer Great Eastern)

St Christopher (Christ-bearer) carrying Christ across the stream. (early woodcut)
536734 St Christopher (Christ-bearer) carrying Christ across the stream. (early woodcut); (add.info.: 3rd century Canaanite giant whose task was to carry travellers across the water)

Paradoxical (litho)
8662999 Paradoxical (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paradoxical. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch, 1903).); © Look and Learn

Penrith, Giant's Grave (litho)
8633422 Penrith, Giant's Grave (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Penrith, Giant's Grave, Supposed to be the grave of the giant Sir Hugh Caesarius)

Desertstorm
Marcel Egger

Statue of Zeus, Olympia, Greece (engraving)
8634957 Statue of Zeus, Olympia, Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

The Bull Trio!
Ali Khataw

Cute Whale
Xuan Thai

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"Unleashing the Power of Giants: From Mythical Creatures to Human Ingenuity" Step into a world where giants roam, both in folklore and reality. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren, we witness the epic encounter between a valiant knight and an imposing green giant. The tale reminds us that even heroes face formidable challenges. Speaking of giants, let's turn our gaze towards the stars. At Palomar Observatory, nestled among California's mountains, stands a colossal 200-inch telescope—a testament to humanity's quest for knowledge about our vast universe. But not all giants reside in distant realms or celestial bodies. Take Old Orkney Whiskey, for example—an elixir crafted with meticulous care over centuries. Each sip reveals flavors as rich and robust as the legendary Kraken attacking ships during stormy seas and can also be found within human creations like Da Vinci's crossbow—a marvel of engineering that showcases Leonardo's genius beyond his renowned artworks. Its intricate design embodies innovation on a grand scale. Yet sometimes giants emerge from nature itself—like the awe-inspiring giant octopus lurking beneath ocean depths. With its tentacles swirling gracefully through underwater kingdoms, it captivates our imagination with its mysterious presence. And who could forget Godzilla? This iconic creature from Japanese cinema has stomped its way into our hearts since its debut in 1954. A symbol of destruction and resilience combined, Godzilla reminds us that even monsters have their stories to tell. In another realm altogether lies Sir Gawain and his encounters with rabbits & hares—a whimsical twist on traditional tales where these small creatures take on larger-than-life roles alongside noble knights. As Theodore Roosevelt joins John Muir amidst towering trees in C1903 photographs, they embody two environmental giants whose efforts shaped conservation history forever—inspiring generations to protect our natural wonders. Even promotional recruitment cards for the U. S Navy depict sailors standing tall, ready to face the challenges of the sea.