Legend Collection (#97)

Huitzilopochtli (back) (engraving)
980539 Huitzilopochtli (back) (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Huitzilopochtli (back)

Returning Thanks to the Great Spirit (engraving)
980411 Returning Thanks to the Great Spirit (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Returning Thanks to the Great Spirit)

Young Roland (coloured engraving)
979152 Young Roland (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young Roland.); © Look and Learn

La Korrgian, illustration from Les Femmes Mythologiques, 1851 (colour litho)
LSE930928 La Korrgian, illustration from Les Femmes Mythologiques, 1851 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Breton folklore)

Oak Room, Mother Shipton Inn, Knaresborough (b / w photo)
3094664 Oak Room, Mother Shipton Inn, Knaresborough (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oak Room, Mother Shipton Inn, Knaresborough)

Athene, 1929 (litho)
3060290 Athene, 1929 (litho) by Wyeth, Newell Convers (1882-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Published in The Odyssey of Homer by George Herbert Palmer in 1929; The Odyssey is one of two major)

Terrace Scene (engraving)
3649303 Terrace Scene (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terrace Scene. Illustration for The Dore Gift Book of Illustrations to Tennysons Idylls of)

Vivien and Merlin disembark (engraving)
3649291 Vivien and Merlin disembark (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vivien and Merlin disembark)

Lancelot relating his Adventures (engraving)
3649283 Lancelot relating his Adventures (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lancelot relating his Adventures)

Geraint and Enid ride away (engraving)
3649280 Geraint and Enid ride away (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Geraint and Enid ride away)

The Flight of the Boon Companions of Earl Limours (engraving)
3649276 The Flight of the Boon Companions of Earl Limours (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Flight of the Boon Companions of Earl Limours)

Yniol shows Prince Geraint his Ruined Castle (engraving)
3649272 Yniol shows Prince Geraint his Ruined Castle (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yniol shows Prince Geraint his Ruined Castle)

Frontispiece, Portrait of Tennyson and Characters from the Idylls (engraving)
3649271 Frontispiece, Portrait of Tennyson and Characters from the Idylls (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frontispiece)

Guillaume Tell (William Tell) rescuing Baumgartner
XEE4409177 Guillaume Tell (William Tell) rescuing Baumgartner. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Episode of the Legend of Saint Brandan (Brendan): a fantastic journey of the Irish abbe
XEE4406346 Episode of the Legend of Saint Brandan (Brendan): a fantastic journey of the Irish abbe of the 6th century in search of earthly Paradise. Print from 1621

Semiramis, legendary queen of Assyria and Babylonia and her son Ninias
XEE4404545 Semiramis, legendary queen of Assyria and Babylonia and her son Ninias. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Semiramis)

Nascion receives the book (?). Manuscript: Conquest of the Saint Greal
LSE4096906 Nascion receives the book (?). Manuscript: Conquest of the Saint Greal, written 717 years after the passion of our lord. Bibliotheque municipale de Rennes, ms

Joseph of Arimathia (Arimathee) and his sequel. Manuscript: Conquest of the Holy Grail
LSE4096904 Joseph of Arimathia (Arimathee) and his sequel. Manuscript: Conquest of the Holy Grail, written 717 years after the passion of our lord. Bibliotheque municipale de Rennes, ms

King Modreius. Manuscript: Conquest of the Saint Greal, written 717 years after
LSE4096897 King Modreius. Manuscript: Conquest of the Saint Greal, written 717 years after the passion of our lord. Bibliotheque municipale de Rennes, ms

Round table cycle (2): Bridal procession of King Arthur and Juniper
LSE4094942 Round table cycle (2): Bridal procession of King Arthur and Juniper, Liebig Chromolithography, sd. 19th century by Unknown Artist

French Revolution: last banquet of the Girondins, October 30-31
XEE4149370 French Revolution: last banquet of the Girondins, October 30-31, 1793 - Le banquet des Girondins: sentenced to death by the revolutionary court

History of the life of Achilles, legendary heros of the Trojan War
XEE4133848 History of the life of Achilles, legendary heros of the Trojan War: Achilles fighting Hector to avenge the death of Patrocles. Chromolithography of 1890

Portrait of the Duke of Reichstadt, Napoleon II, son of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821)
XEE4117721 Portrait of the Duke of Reichstadt, Napoleon II, son of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821). Picture of Epinal, 19th century

Jean Gabler and the Demon, representation of the legend "
XEE4153565 Jean Gabler and the Demon, representation of the legend " The human voice of the organ of Weingarten"

Legend of Charlemagne and the snake: the emperor in front of the nest of the snake
XEE4167607 Legend of Charlemagne and the snake: the emperor in front of the nest of the snake occupied by a toad. Engraving from 1852

TOWER OF BABEL - The Tower of Babel illustration of Genesis
XEE4160455 TOWER OF BABEL - The Tower of Babel illustration of Genesis and language confusion by Yahve. On the right, King Nimrud (or Nimrod)

The legend of the Geants in Alsace
XEE4115166 The legend of the Geants in Alsace. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The legend of the Geants in Alsace.); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright

Lancelot and Guineevre eating under a tent, extracted from "Lancelot du lac"
LSE4093449 Lancelot and GuineAvre eating under a tent, extracted from " Lancelot du lac", after document of 1370

Representation of Guillaume Tell, (William Tell, Wilhelm Tell
GIA4727463 Representation of Guillaume Tell, (William Tell, Wilhelm Tell) legendary character of Swiss independence in the 14th century condemned by Hermann Gessler offense

Representation of Devil Belphagor (Belphegor) from Collin de Plancy
GIA4721748 Representation of Devil Belphagor (Belphegor) from Collin de Plancys Infernal Dictionary. Engraving by L. Breton. Paris, 1863

Representation of basilics in flight burning wheat fields
GIA4791827 Representation of basilics in flight burning wheat fields. Engraving from " Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon" by Conrad Lycosthenes (1518-1561). 1557

A whale destroys a boats hull and causes its sinking
GIA4785290 A whale destroys a boats hull and causes its sinking. Engraving n Historia Animalium by Conrad Gesner (1516 - 1565), Tiguri, 1560. Bibl. Nazionale Braidense, Milan

Representation of a ghost on a full moon night. Engraved 1894
GIA4786917 Representation of a ghost on a full moon night. Engraved 1894 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Representation of a ghost on a full moon night)

Different types of monsters: cats and cows with multiple bodies
GIA4791999 Different types of monsters: cats and cows with multiple bodies. Engraving from " De monstrorum natura, causis et differentiis" by Fortunio Liceti (1577-1656), Italian scientist

The legend of Saint Brendan (Brandan), heros and Irish saint of the 6th century
GIA4785451 The legend of Saint Brendan (Brandan), heros and Irish saint of the 6th century. Meeting with a holy hermit living on a rock in the open sea

A marine monster beats a swimmer near the coast of Norway
GIA4789154 A marine monster beats a swimmer near the coast of Norway. Engraving by Olaus Magnus (1490 - 1557), Swedish religious and geographer, " Historia de Gentis Septentrionalibus"

The eclipse of the moon imagined by the Mogol Indians (a snake devouring the moon
GIA4817058 The eclipse of the moon imagined by the Mogol Indians (a snake devouring the moon) Page taken from the manuscript (ms.8300) " History of Mogol" (Moghul or Moghol)

Music and dance at the court of King Arthur (in his presence)
GIA4815220 Music and dance at the court of King Arthur (in his presence). by French School, (13th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Guillaume Tell (William Tell) (legendary hero of Swiss independence)
GIA4760889 Guillaume Tell (William Tell) (legendary hero of Swiss independence). The barbarian Gesler forces Guillaume Tell to remove with an arrow an apple placed on his childs head

Representation of Mephistopheles (Mephisto), character of the legend of Faust
GIA4765712 Representation of Mephistopheles (Mephisto), character of the legend of Faust. Engraving of the 19th century by Unknown Artist

Dwarf or farfadet smoking the pipe. 19th century chromolithography
GIA4772479 Dwarf or farfadet smoking the pipe. 19th century chromolithography. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dwarf or farfadet smoking the pipe)

The Caribbean Sea: you can see the Bermuda triangle between the Bermuda Archipelago
GIA4764548 The Caribbean Sea: you can see the Bermuda triangle between the Bermuda Archipelago, Miami and Puerto Rico. According to Wilhelm Blaeus Atlas, 1650

A wild fire, a diffuse light that can be seen at night near the marshes and cemeteries
GIA4772504 A wild fire, a diffuse light that can be seen at night near the marshes and cemeteries, would be a clever spirit from popular tradition. chromolithographof the 19th century

Koboldes, little elves or farfadets of the German popular tradition
GIA4772349 Koboldes, little elves or farfadets of the German popular tradition. chromolithographof the 19th century. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Koboldes)

The magician Merlin the Enchanter meets the fairy Viviane in the forest of Broceliande
GIA4769669 The magician Merlin the Enchanter meets the fairy Viviane in the forest of Broceliande. Represention of an email manuscript of Limoges from the beginning of the 15th century. 19th century

Triton playing lute near the island of Saint Brendan (Brandan)
GIA4777006 Triton playing lute near the island of Saint Brendan (Brandan). " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" by Abrahm Ortelius, Antwerp 1584

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