Legend Collection (page 100)

Aspasie (colour litho)
2802033 Aspasie (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aspasie. Illustration for Le Livre D Amour (Boulanger, c 1890).); © Look and Learn

Leda (colour litho)
2802030 Leda (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leda. Illustration for Le Livre D Amour (Boulanger, c 1890).); © Look and Learn

La Premiere Extase (colour litho)
2802028 La Premiere Extase (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Premiere Extase)

Odysseus at the throne of Arete (engraving)
2798906 Odysseus at the throne of Arete (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus at the throne of Arete)

Ino giving Odysseus the veil (engraving)
2798908 Ino giving Odysseus the veil (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ino giving Odysseus the veil)

Odysseus at the Swineherds hut (engraving)
2798901 Odysseus at the Swineherds hut (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus at the Swineherds hut)

Mazeppa (chromolitho)
2817044 Mazeppa (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mazeppa. The story of Ivan Mazeppa)

El Cid (chromolitho)
2817038 El Cid (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: El Cid. Educational card, late 19th or early 20th century)

The Arrest Of The Famous Brigand Musolino In Acqualagna, District Of Urbino (Colour Litho)
2798484 The Arrest Of The Famous Brigand Musolino In Acqualagna, District Of Urbino (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Teatro La Scala, Milan, Siegfrieds Combat With The Dragon, In The Opera Siegfried By Wagner (Colour Litho)
2798262 Teatro La Scala, Milan, Siegfrieds Combat With The Dragon, In The Opera Siegfried By Wagner (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Teatro La Scala)

Chanteuse de legendes nationales (engraving)
2814615 Chanteuse de legendes nationales (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chanteuse de legendes nationales)

Queen Guenevere (litho)
2813827 Queen Guenevere (litho) by Curtis, Dora (c.1875-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Guenevere. Illustration for Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table by Beatrice Clay (JM Dent)

"The barge floated down the river"(litho)
2813826 " The barge floated down the river" (litho) by Curtis, Dora (c.1875-1925); Private Collection; (add.info)

"Then they went to Sir Galahad"(litho)
2813823 " Then they went to Sir Galahad" (litho) by Curtis, Dora (c.1875-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Then they went to Sir Galahad." Illustration for Stories of King)

"At the door of one... stood a lady"(litho)
2813813 " At the door of one... stood a lady" (litho) by Curtis, Dora (c.1875-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: " At the door of one)

"The Queen cried to him to forbear"(litho)
2813810 " The Queen cried to him to forbear" (litho) by Curtis, Dora (c.1875-1925); Private Collection; (add.info)

Effigy and details of armour of the tomb of Sir John Stanley, St
741546 Effigy and details of armour of the tomb of Sir John Stanley, St. Peters Church, Elford, Staffordshire, England, 1848-9 (hand coloured engraving) by Richardson, Edward M

Daedalus, escaping from Crete with his son, Icarus, sees him falling to his death
741540 Daedalus, escaping from Crete with his son, Icarus, sees him falling to his death, 1493 (woodcut engraving) by German School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Sir Percival and Sir Lamorack ride together (litho)
2781854 Sir Percival and Sir Lamorack ride together (litho) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Percival and Sir Lamorack ride together)

Sir Kay and the Forest Madman (litho)
2781850 Sir Kay and the Forest Madman (litho) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Kay and the Forest Madman)

Sir Tristram assaults King Mark (litho)
2781849 Sir Tristram assaults King Mark (litho) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Tristram assaults King Mark)

Sir Launcelot and Elouise the Fair (litho)
2781835 Sir Launcelot and Elouise the Fair (litho) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Launcelot and Elouise the Fair)

Les Chersites (engraving)
2783086 Les Chersites (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Chersites. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 21 June 1891.); © Look and Learn

Hector breaches the gate of the Greek camp (chromolitho)
2782776 Hector breaches the gate of the Greek camp (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hector breaches the gate of the Greek camp)

The wooden horse is brought inside the walls of Troy (chromolitho)
2782773 The wooden horse is brought inside the walls of Troy (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The wooden horse is brought inside the walls of Troy)

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)

Neoptolemus taking Andromache into captivity after the fall of Troy
615267 Neoptolemus taking Andromache into captivity after the fall of Troy (pen & brown ink on white paper) by Romano, Giulio (1492-1546); 26.2x40.4 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Stonehenge - Bronze Age stone circle said, in folklore, to have been erected in the reign of Aurelius Ambrosius, 490
660461 Stonehenge - Bronze Age stone circle said, in folklore, to have been erected in the reign of Aurelius Ambrosius, 490, to commemorate the defeat of the Britains by Hengist

Amor and Alcestis, Morris & Co. panel from the Legend of Good Wimmen
CH378148 Amor and Alcestis, Morris & Co. panel from the Legend of Good Wimmen by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1864 (stained glass) by Burne-Jones

A crowned merman, a sea god sleeping on a rocky shore (pen
CH378335 A crowned merman, a sea god sleeping on a rocky shore (pen, brush & black ink and w/c) by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Beauty and the Beast tile panel, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. c. 1867 (ceramic)
CH378138 Beauty and the Beast tile panel, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. c.1867 (ceramic) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: tile panel)

Arthur as babe being handed to Merlin, illustration from King Arthur
IL352861 Arthur as babe being handed to Merlin, illustration from King Arthur (colour litho) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir Galahad from Tennysons Poems, 1903 (wood engraving)
437558 Sir Galahad from Tennysons Poems, 1903 (wood engraving) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-82) (after); 9.4A--7.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; English, out of copyright

Hercules gave a great shrug of his shoulders, illustration from
STC411995 Hercules gave a great shrug of his shoulders, illustration from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1928 (colour litho) by Rackham

How he strained and panted to catch on that pursuing person and pursue her
STC411972 How he strained and panted to catch on that pursuing person and pursue her and get his own switch in to action, illustration from Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens

Dolly Peel, 1880 (oil on board)
TW427990 Dolly Peel, 1880 (oil on board) by Garbut, Joseph Putty (1820-85); 22.5x17 cm; South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, South Shields, UK; (add.info.: Dorothy Dolly Peel (1782-1857)

Achilles and Cheiron (graphite, chalk & brown wash with white heightening on paper)
423912 Achilles and Cheiron (graphite, chalk & brown wash with white heightening on paper) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); 11.6x12.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, 1859 (gouache & gum arabic on paper)
474350 Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, 1859 (gouache & gum arabic on paper) by Warren, Edmund George (1834-1909)

The description of the poisoning of King John by a monk of Swinstead Abbey in
STC469104 The description of the poisoning of King John by a monk of Swinstead Abbey in Lincolnshire, illustration from Acts and Monuments by John Foxe, ninth edition, pub

They have sea-green hair, illustration from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
STC411994 They have sea-green hair, illustration from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1928 (colour litho) by Rackham

As Perseus walked along the people pointed after him, illustration from
STC411987 As Perseus walked along the people pointed after him, illustration from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1928 (colour litho) by Rackham

Every flower changed to Gold, illustration from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
STC411985 Every flower changed to Gold, illustration from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1928 (colour litho) by Rackham

He might think, as a stared on a staring horse, a boy cannot wag his tail to keep
STC411971 He might think, as a stared on a staring horse, a boy cannot wag his tail to keep the flies off, illustration from Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens, 1920 (colour litho) by Rackham

In the forked glen into which he slipped at night-fall he was surrounded by giant toads
STC411968 In the forked glen into which he slipped at night-fall he was surrounded by giant toads, illustration from Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens, 1920 (colour litho) by Rackham

Aurora and Cephalus, c. 1810 (oil on canvas)
500308 Aurora and Cephalus, c.1810 (oil on canvas) by Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne Louis (1767-1824); 34.93x29.85 (framed) 22.8x16.8 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Treaty of Hengist and Horsa with Vortigen, illustration from Cassell
STC385205 Treaty of Hengist and Horsa with Vortigen, illustration from Cassells Illustrated History of England (engraving) (sepia photo) by English School

The Overthrowing of the Rusty Knight, c. 1894-1908 (oil on panel)
NUL384726 The Overthrowing of the Rusty Knight, c.1894-1908 (oil on panel) by Hughes, Arthur (1832-1915); 52.7x43.2 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Rustam encamped within sight of the hosts of Turan, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings
FSG325397 Rustam encamped within sight of the hosts of Turan, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020) (opaque watercolour, ink, gold and silver on paper) by Persian School

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