Legends Collection (#2)

Landing of Skiold's fleet (engraving)
8632801 Landing of Skiold's fleet (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Landing of Skiold's fleet)

The Battle of Brawalla (engraving)
8632797 The Battle of Brawalla (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Brawalla)

The burning of Harald's body (engraving)
8632795 The burning of Harald's body (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The burning of Harald's body)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629460 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The spade was in the garden talking to the hose)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629457 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nipping toes and noses)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629459 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tying up her posies)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629458 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: About a little London-black that settled on the rose)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629445 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mince-pies)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629442 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: supported by attendant sausages)

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629438 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: followed by Fog)

Sindbad on his Raft (colour litho)
8648416 Sindbad on his Raft (colour litho) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sindbad on his Raft)

Brutus condemning his sons to death (engraving)
8635794 Brutus condemning his sons to death (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lucius Junius Brutus condemning his sons, Titus and Tiberius)

Sindbad sees the Roc's Egg (colour litho)
8648418 Sindbad sees the Roc's Egg (colour litho) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sindbad sees the Roc's Egg)

Death of Siegfried (engraving)
8646921 Death of Siegfried (engraving) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Siegfried)

Criemhild and Brunhild (engraving)
8646917 Criemhild and Brunhild (engraving) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Criemhild and Brunhild)

Hagen's Perfidious Advice (engraving)
8646914 Hagen's Perfidious Advice (engraving) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hagen's Perfidious Advice)

Das Nibelungenlied: Death of Criemhild (engraving)
8646909 Das Nibelungenlied: Death of Criemhild (engraving) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Criemhild)

Calypso said good-by to him on the seashore (colour litho)
8639145 Calypso said good-by to him on the seashore (colour litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Calypso said good-by to him on the seashore)

Whirlpool of Charybdis (engraving)
8635820 Whirlpool of Charybdis (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whirlpool of Charybdis. Illustration from Rom)

Lady Godiva, St Mary's Hall, Coventry (b/w photo)
8655869 Lady Godiva, St Mary's Hall, Coventry (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Godiva, St Mary's Hall, Coventry)

Penelope mourning with her ladies-in-waiting (engraving)
8634993 Penelope mourning with her ladies-in-waiting (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Penelope mourning with her ladies-in-waiting)

Thetis bringing the helmet and armour of Achilles (engraving)
8634992 Thetis bringing the helmet and armour of Achilles (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Fall of Tantalus (engraving)
8634976 The Fall of Tantalus (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fall of Tantalus. Illustration from Hellas)

Amazons (engraving)
8634970 Amazons (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amazons, legendary female warriors of Greek mythology. Illustration from Hellas)

Heracles and the pygmies (engraving)
8634964 Heracles and the pygmies (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heracles and the pygmies. Illustration from Hellas)

The Fight for Fame (colour litho)
8634553 The Fight for Fame (colour litho) by Hendrich, Hermann (1854-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fight for Fame)

The lion of Florence (colour litho)
8664102 The lion of Florence (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

"Do not you take her, either" (litho)
8639158 "Do not you take her, either" (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Do not you take her)

King Arthur (engraving)
8636297 King Arthur (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Arthur. Illustration for Philips Picturesque History of England edited by J Francon Williams)

The Son of the Strong Man of the Wood (colour litho)
8624734 The Son of the Strong Man of the Wood (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Son of the Strong Man of the Wood)

If the tide had receded when King Canute ordered it to (engraving)
8672626 If the tide had receded when King Canute ordered it to (engraving) by Downey, Thomas Edward (1852-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Ifs" in history)

A wyvern (engraving)
8672615 A wyvern (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A wyvern, mythical creature featured in heraldry)

Chinese dragon (engraving)
8672612 Chinese dragon (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese dragon, mythical creature)

King Arthur (colour litho)
8670409 King Arthur (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Arthur. Illustration for Graphic Stories of Kings edited by M T Yates (William Collins)

Myths and legends: King Arthur's round table. Colour engraving after a 14th century miniature
NWI4929795 Myths and legends: King Arthur's round table. Colour engraving after a 14th century miniature.; (add.info.: Myths and legends: King Arthur's round table)

Death of Icarus, 17th century (engraving)
3480613 Death of Icarus, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Death of Icarus. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681)

Statue of the hero Paris (marble)
YOU4419203 Statue of the hero Paris (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Paris, figure of a young man wearing a Phrygian cap could represent Paris the Trojan heros in Greek)

Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome
3480501 Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome; (add.info.: Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome)

Sir Galahad. Illustration from the book The Gateway to Tennyson published 1910
2915241 Sir Galahad. Illustration from the book The Gateway to Tennyson published 1910.; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Centaur or Sagittarius. 1489 (xylograh)
FGL5470300 Centaur or Sagittarius. 1489 (xylograh); (add.info.: Xylography from "Compilatio de astrorum scientia", (astronomy work)); Fototeca Gilardi

Statue of Domizia in Palazzo Giustiniani, from Calcografia di Roma
7278257 Statue of Domizia in Palazzo Giustiniani, from Calcografia di Roma; Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Domizia in Palazzo Giustiniani, from Calcografia di Roma)

Elsa and Lohengrin, Act III of Lohengrin, c.1910 ()
3434044 Elsa and Lohengrin, Act III of Lohengrin, c.1910 (; (add.info.: Opera. Coll. Part. Music. Opera. Elsa and Lohengrin)

Myths and legends: King Arthur receiving the magic sword by the Fee Viviane (or Lady of the Lake)
NWI4929585 Myths and legends: King Arthur receiving the magic sword by the Fee Viviane (or Lady of the Lake). Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Myths and legends)

Juliette Dodu, 1870
3480813 Juliette Dodu, 1870; (add.info.: Juliette Dodu (1848 - 1909) legendary heroine of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and the first woman to be awarded the Legion of Honore

Dracula, c.1550 (woodcut)
8698421 Dracula, c.1550 (woodcut); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Paranormal. Vlad Tepes, Dracula. Woodcut, Hungary, ca 1550. Bibl)

Archangel Michael and the Dragon. Ca 1557 (sculpture)
7419541 Archangel Michael and the Dragon. Ca 1557 (sculpture); Gruuthusemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info.: Sculptuur, Aartsengel Michael en de draak, ca 1557); © Paul Maeyaert

Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf. (print)
7420011 Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf. (print); (add.info.: Romulus and Remus are discovered by the shepherd Faustulus being suckled by the she-wolf which had saved the twins lives when they)

William Tell, Swiss folk hero (engraving)
8677088 William Tell, Swiss folk hero (engraving) by Pecht, August Friedrich (1814-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Tell, Swiss folk hero)

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"Legends: Unforgettable Tales of Triumph and Wonder" In the historic Olympic 400m race finish of 1924, Eric Liddell's determination etched his name in sporting legends forever. Count of St Germain, the enigmatic French alchemist whose mystical pursuits continue to captivate imaginations throughout centuries. St. George, the patron saint of England, embodies bravery and chivalry as a legendary figure celebrated for slaying dragons. The Perseus constellation tells an ancient tale of heroism and adventure that has been passed down through generations. Cygnus and Lyra constellations dance across the night sky, their celestial beauty inspiring countless myths and legends worldwide. Herodotus, the Greek historian whose meticulous accounts have preserved tales from antiquity for future generations to marvel at through artwork. The reunion of the 1968 European Cup-winning Manchester United team in August 1975 brought together football icons who became legends in their own right. From the enchanting landscapes of Somerset's Glastonbury to its mythical associations with King Arthur, England holds a treasure trove of legendary stories waiting to be discovered. Journey into ancient Egypt's creation myth where gods shaped worlds amidst chaos, leaving behind a legacy that still resonates today. Odin questioning Mimir captures a moment steeped in Norse mythology when wisdom was sought from this wise being by none other than the Allfather himself. Downward came Pegasus, soaring through wide sweeping circles as depicted in vibrant color lithographs - an embodiment of grace and majesty beyond mortal comprehension. Doonagore Castle stands proudly on Ireland's rugged coast.