Legend Collection (#11)

Perseus and Medusa (engraving)
8672602 Perseus and Medusa (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perseus and Medusa. From Greek mythology)

Vikramaditya Gupta goes forth to War, AD 395 (litho)
8661010 Vikramaditya Gupta goes forth to War, AD 395 (litho) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vikramaditya Gupta goes forth to War, AD 395)

Sindbad's Escape (colour litho)
8648424 Sindbad's Escape (colour litho) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sindbad's Escape)

Sindbad in the Valley of Diamonds (colour litho)
8648421 Sindbad in the Valley of Diamonds (colour litho) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sindbad in the Valley of Diamonds)

Zeus bade the rain cease and the floods withdraw (colour litho)
8647711 Zeus bade the rain cease and the floods withdraw (colour litho) by Reid, Stephen (1873-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zeus bade the rain cease and the floods withdraw)

Little joy did he have of his possessions (colour litho)
8647706 Little joy did he have of his possessions (colour litho) by Reid, Stephen (1873-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little joy did he have of his possessions)

Cadmus rushed at the monster (litho)
8639157 Cadmus rushed at the monster (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cadmus rushed at the monster)

The Minotaur lay lifeless on the ground (litho)
8639150 The Minotaur lay lifeless on the ground (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Minotaur lay lifeless on the ground)

Charlemagne showing his courtiers the value of his sheepskin cloak (engraving)
8626241 Charlemagne showing his courtiers the value of his sheepskin cloak (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Eros and Psyche (colour litho)
8626201 Eros and Psyche (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eros and Psyche)

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Berthold Schwarz, German alchemist (colour litho)
8655494 Berthold Schwarz, German alchemist (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Berthold Schwarz)

Siegfried's Combat with the Dragon (engraving)
8646918 Siegfried's Combat with the Dragon (engraving) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siegfried's Combat with the Dragon)

Criemhild and her Knights discomforted by Hagen and Volker (engraving)
8646912 Criemhild and her Knights discomforted by Hagen and Volker (engraving) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vortigern and the monk Constans (litho)
8664139 Vortigern and the monk Constans (litho) by Chesterman, Hugh (1884-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vortigern visiting the monk Constans)

Achilles, scene from Homer's Iliad (litho)
8664127 Achilles, scene from Homer's Iliad (litho) by Chesterman, Hugh (1884-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Achilles, scene from Homer's Iliad)

Heracles stealing the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides (colour litho)
8663640 Heracles stealing the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides (colour litho) by Asteas (fl.c.350-320 BC); Private Collection; (add.info)

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Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629461 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629456 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Frost was in his Freezing House)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629455 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Green Spring was in her sleeping car)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629446 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: also a Snap-dragon)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629441 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The door was opened by a stately Turkey)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629439 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: across a white expanse, dotted with sugar-plums)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629437 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: He sees dim and cloudy outlines)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629433 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack Frost sends his Herald)

Title-page illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629432 Title-page illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Diomedes protected by Athena (engraving)
8634985 Diomedes protected by Athena (engraving) by Loeffler, Ludwig (1819-1876) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Diomedes protected by Athena. Illustration from Hellas)

Chiron and Jason (engraving)
8634978 Chiron and Jason (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chiron and Jason. Illustration from Hellas)

Castor and Pollux (engraving)
8634973 Castor and Pollux (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castor and Pollux. Illustration from Hellas)

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Herm of Dionysus
7287235 Herm of Dionysus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Herm of Dionysus. Roman copy of a 5th century BC Greek original. Second half of 1st century AD)

Relief with masks of Polyphemus and Galatea, second half of the 1st century AD (sculpture)
6384348 Relief with masks of Polyphemus and Galatea, second half of the 1st century AD (sculpture); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio

The Greek god Neilos, the river god of the Nile, marble statue from ancient Rome, Italy
7278249 The Greek god Neilos, the river god of the Nile, marble statue from ancient Rome, Italy; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Greek god Neilos, the river god of the Nile)

The Hundred-Horse Chestnut, 1882
7125198 The Hundred-Horse Chestnut, 1882; (add.info.: The Hundred-Horse Chestnut, the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world possibly bettween 2, 000 to 4, 000 years old)

Zeus defeats the giant Mimas, 1887
7125133 Zeus defeats the giant Mimas, 1887; (add.info.: According to Greek mythology Zeus defeated the giant Mimas by throwing blazing thunderbolts at him during the Gigantomachy)

The gnomes of German legend excavating a Ichthyosaurus skeleton
5311904 The gnomes of German legend excavating a Ichthyosaurus skeleton; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the gnomes of German legend excavating a Ichthyosaurus skeleton)

Large foot, 1493 (engraving)
5311785 Large foot, 1493 (engraving); (add.info.: One of the Sciapodes, who were believe to use their single enormous foot as an umbrella. From the Nuremberg Chronicle)

God on the Day of Judgment, with Mary and Saint John, kings, popes and monks emerging from tombs to enter heaven
FLO4974711 God on the Day of Judgment, with Mary and Saint John, kings, popes and monks emerging from tombs to enter heaven

Various personal seals from the time of King Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV
FLO4974704 Various personal seals from the time of King Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV. Handcoloured etching drawn

Saint George fighting the dragon in front of a virgin princess with lamb, while her parents watch from the castle of
FLO4974696 Saint George fighting the dragon in front of a virgin princess with lamb, while her parents watch from the castle of Silene

British gentlemen on the Grand Tour opening an ancient classical tomb and pilfering vases, urns, and other treasures
FLO4974651 British gentlemen on the Grand Tour opening an ancient classical tomb and pilfering vases, urns, and other treasures. As desrcibed by Sir William Hamilton

American classic car Coronet 1959 tail fin
Beate Gube

A griffon, legendary creature half eagle, half lion, represents fighting against a cyclops
GIA5035819 A griffon, legendary creature half eagle, half lion, represents fighting against a cyclops. Miniature taken from " Cosmographia" by Julius Solinus

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