Mythical Illustrations

A collection of vibrant, historical illustrations depicting mythical scenes, characters, and narratives in a stylized, whimsical manner.

Witch flying on branch/broomstick, 1489.

Illustration by Alphonse Mucha from "Rama" a poem in three acts by Paul Verola, ca.1898. Mucha (1860 - 1939); was a Czech Art Nouveau painter

Hey! up the chimney, lass! Hey after you!. Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). Illustrations. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Brooms & brushes, Clouds, Flying, Witches

Illustration for the Fairy tale Nightingale the Robber by Pape, Frank Cheyne (1878-1972)/ Private Collection/ 1916/ England/ Colour lithograph/ Book design/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

The crown returns to the Queen of the Fishes. (a Catalonian tale)

Illustration by alphonse Mucha for the book 'Clio' (1900); by French author, Anatole France. Anatole France (1844 - 1924); was a French poet, journalist, and novelist.

Ship Argo, Jason fights Colchis's bulls and dragon to get the Golden Fleece. 19th cent. engraving GREECE.

'THE THREE CITRONS' The slave at the well. Date: First published: c.1630

Illustration by Alphonse Mucha from "Clio" a work by French author Anatole France; 1900. Mucha (1860 - 1939); was a Czech Art Nouveau painter

A print depicting a cave inhabited by two giants, representing a pope and a pagan, as described in John Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress.' The scene includes elements such as vultures, skeletons, knights in armor, and shields. The print has dimensions of 26 cm x 18.5 cm and was issued in 1898

Witch flying on branch/broomstick, 1489.

Escena ilustrada de la ópera de Richard Wagner, El anillo de los Nibelungos, editada por Ediciones Diana, de Barcelona. Las ninfas del Rin reclaman a Sigrido el anillo del Nibelungo. Grabado de 1926. Author: Joan Llaverias Labro.

fine arts, Chodowiecki, Daniel (1726 - 1801), graphic, two blind men, coloured etching, late 18th century, private collection,

Cinderella , Fairies, Cats, Cinderella Legendary character, Cinderella Tale

Robinson Crusoe's Raft, N.C. Wyeth

The wooing of Grimhilde, the mother of Hagen from the Twilight of the Gods - Arthur Rackham, 1911

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (German, 1806 - 1882), The Parson's Daughter from Taubenheim, 1839, pen and brown and gray ink with watercolor, gouache, and gold over graphite on laid paper

Sir Ivaine, a brave, kind-hearted, and merry Knight of the Round Table, pours water into a fountain, which brings Black Knight.

'CENERENTOLA' (the Italian version of the Cinderella story) The Prince and the Fairy. Date: First published: c.1630

Illustration by Alphonse Mucha from "Rama" a poem in three acts by Paul Verola, ca.1898. Mucha (1860 - 1939); was a Czech Art Nouveau painter

Dearest and best, with my whole heart I love thee

The French Government and the Court of Cassation, Johan Braakensiek, 1899 Amsterdam paper politics. Justitia (justice) as Roman personification. political caricatures and satires France

This image, dating to around 1899, Alfred the Great as a child. Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to c. 886 and King of the Anglo-Saxons from c. 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Uthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. The artist is Frances Brundage, an American who died in 1937.

Goblins and their magic fruit. Date: First published: 1862

Meling Marzanna; Bart Omiejczyk, Edmund Ludwik (1885-1950); 1938 (1938-00-00-1938-00-00);

King Canute trying to turn back the tide, early 11th century (early 20th century). Artist: Unknown

UK: 'The Fakir's Ghost', Warwick Goble (1862-1943), 1912

If anybody should ask him by Udo Keppler, 1872-1956, artist. published in Puck Building, 1910. photomechanical print, offset, colour, Illustration shows President Taft as Alexander the Great accompanied by James S. Sherman, Sereno E. Payne, Nelson W. Aldrich, Joseph G. Cannon, and George W. Wickersham, standing before Uncle Sam, shown here as Diogenes, sitting at the base of an overturned dome in the shadows cast by Taft and the others who are blocking his sun. The sun shows the face of Theodore Roosevelt.

Canute (Sveinsson Knut) d1035. King of England from 1016, Denmark from 1018, Norway from 1030, demonstrating to flattering courtiers that God alone can command the tides. Early 20th century illustration

Frankish tribes. 6th century. Europe. Engraving, 1882.

La Vision Eterna, 1492...1942. Artist: Howard Chandler Christy. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Act Five Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers) 1790-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Katsukawa Shun'ei

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks). Dated: 1894/1895. Medium: woodcut printed in orange, green and black by Louis Roy. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL GAUGUIN.

Circe the sorceress turns Odysseus' men into swine and sends them to the styes.

Bélisaire (ancient study) by GillIt for the child ... (known air) (IT)

Beheading of St Maurilius, by Karcher Giovanni, 1553, 16th Century, arazzo tessuto a Ferrara. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Ferrara, Cathedral Museum. Detail. Arm sword grass portico: porch perspective view soldier lance: spear woman drapery: draping columns dark: brown shades white creamy light blue: azure green.

Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) Museum of the Goznak, Moscow 1900 Colour lithograph

King Athamas falls in love with the beautiful cloud fairy Nephele and steals her clothes so that she cannot float away with her sisters. (Part of the Golden Fleece myth).

Waste collectors by the Vistula River. Arrasz, Zdzisław (1870-1914), draughtsman, cartoonist

Rhombus with woman with shepherd staff and flower. Square with email painting of a woman with shepherd's staff and flower.

The Raven, Eugene Higgins, American, 1874-1958, Pastel on paper, laid down on cardboard, A drowning man clutches for a buoy. Overhead a raven flies in a spot of light. In the right distance, buildings on a rocky promentory., USA, ca. 1915, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Mermaid and fish - illustration to Schubert's 'Die Forelle' - the Trout

Wounded Adalbert is carried away. Draughtsman: Charles Rochussen. Dating: 1824 - 1894. Measurements: h 109 mm × w 163 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Dante's Inferno, the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Canto, Inferno, Hell, Paradise, Angels, Damnation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Nightly Visitors, at St. Ann's Hill; In Glided Edward's Pale-Eye'd Ghost, and Stood at Carlo's Feet, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1798, Etching and aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 5/8in. (34 x 24.4cm)

Merry Christmas! (Frohe Weihnachten!). Artist: Moriz Jung (Austrian (born Czechoslovakia) Moravia 1885-1915 Manilowa (Carpathians)). Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. (14 x 8.7 cm). Publisher: Published by Wiener Werkstätte. Date: 1907. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

French satirical Illustration, depicting the twin threats of Cholera and the plague. 1908

fine arts, Art Nouveau, graphic, ""Erdbeerenzeit"" (Strawberry Season), chromolithograph, after Eugen L. Hoess, Immenstadt, Germany, from ""Jugend"" (Youth), 1903, private collection,

Fairy of the Desert Carries Off the King, Walter Crane - Aladdin

Sir Galahad at the Ruined Chapel, 1859. By Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Sinbad and The Roc

18Th Century, Adults Only, Art, Beard, Cannibal, Characters, Color Image, Daniel Defoe, Day, Four People, Friday, Full Length, Grass, History, Holding, Horizon, Illustration, Illustration And Painting, Island, Literature, Men, Only Men, Outdoors, Painted Image, Paintings, Past, Plant, Protection, Re

When the Trees are all Bare, not a Leaf to be seen

The Queen of Sheba, 1937.

L'Assiete au Beurre: Crimes and Punishments VII, 764: You'll find that's rather a hard one !, 1901. Félix Vallotton (French, 1865-1925). Color lithograph;

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Illustration for the Fairy tale Morozko, Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)

Cartoon, Brilliant second thoughts. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria comments: I'm beginning to think that Bulow only went to see the Italians to get them to declare war on me. Date: 1915

According to Greek mythology, Camilla was a member of the Volsci, an Italic tribe. Her parents were King Metabus and Casmilla. According to Virgil's Aeneid, Metabus was dethroned by his people and forced to flee. He grabbed his daughter and as the Volsci chase him, he fears for Camilla, attaches her to his spear and flings both across the River Amasenus and then he swims across and got her. Later Camilla joins with Turnus, king of the Rutuli, and they fight against Aeneas and his followers who have fled Troy after the Trojans lose to the Greeks in the Trojan War. She is killed by the Trojan A

Lucerne. Lion monument ..

MUTSUHITO also known as MEIJI Emperor of Japan (1867-1912): a satirical statue, commenting on the relationship between Japan and Russia Date: 1852 - 1912

This image, dating to around 1899, shows the Edward of Lancaster, born 1453 and only child of Henry VI, and his mother, Margaret of Anjou, with robber of Hexham who, with his comrades, had captured them This robber helped the two reach France. Edwards birth led to War of Roses. The artist is Frances Brundage, an American who died in 1937.

Illustration for Hyalis. Le petit faune aux yeux bleus. the novel by Albert Samain, (1858 - 1900). illustration by G. Mossa. Paris 1918.

Augusta Empress of all Prussies (IT)

Watercolor and pen drawing by Ernst Stöhr showing Adam viewed from the back beneath an apple tree.

The Two Lovers. On the bank beside the man is an instgrument of the viol family. 16th century woodcut.

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe. First published in 1719, it is claimed to be the first English novel. Crusoe, having spent 15 years on the island without seeing another human, is astonished to see a footprint on the shore. From 'Bubbles' c1900 published by Dr Barnados Homes for Children. Oleograph.

The Kiss of Judas by Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1890s

Winter Frolic. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). Watercolour and pen and black ink. Painted in 1924. 53.8 x 73.7cm.

Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte No, Vienna, Peterskirche, portal, Josef József by Diveky Divéky -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Loke punished

Alma Polish will preserve and soften the leather , Women, Girls, Sculpture, Shoe polishes, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Hombre primitivo de la Edad de Piedra. Cromo de Chocolates Juncosa. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

ALPHONSE DE ROTHSCHILD French banker, caricatured as archetype Jew planning to take over the world Date: 1827 - 1905

caricature of the marriage of the Spanish King, Alfonso XIII;1906, Illustration from 'L'Assiette au Beurre', an illustrated French weekly satirical magazine with anarchist political leanings that was chiefly produced between 1901 and 1912. Alfonso XIII (1886 - 1941) was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887 -1969) was wife of Alfonso and granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain.

18Th Century, Adults Only, Art, Beard, Boat, Cannibal, Characters, Coastline, Color Image, Daniel Defoe, Day, Five People, Friday, Friday's Father, Full Length, History, Illustration, Illustration And Painting, Island, Kneeling, Men, Mode Of Transport, Nature, Nautical Vessel, Only Men, Outdoors, Pa

A Ba-yanzi monument of mud, daubed with ochre in fantastic figures and surrounded with skulls on sticks. Coloured wood engraving after E.J. Glave and H. Ward.

Piotr Stachiewicz (1858-1938), January - from the "year year" series; Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939), Angrer C. & Göschl (Vienna; Fotochemigraphic Zak 1870-); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1920-00-00);

Compagnie Algerienne, Ports of Call

Joaquín Torres García / Bocetos de los frescos del Salón de Sant Jordi. Palau de la Generalitat de Barcelona, 1913-1914.

Sea foam preserves youth and beauty. , Women, Baking powder, Oceans, 19th Century American Trade Cards

She went to the baker's to buy him some bread, but when she came back the poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's to buy him a coffin, but when she came back the poor dog was laughing Date: 1873

Mitología. Minerva, llamada Palas Atenea por los griegos, diosa de la sabiduría, las artes y las técnicas de la guerra. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

Chimczek and Paraska; W Sowicz, Wac Aw (1891-1942); 1924 (1924-00-00-1924-00-00);Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Witke-Jeżewski

Dantesque Album (Album Dantesco), by Alberto Giacomo Spiridione Martini known as Alberto Martini, 1920-1930, 20th Century, gouache, 25 x 17,5 cm

Bliżej Kultury Publisher of A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Vogeler, Heinrich Johann (1872 1942)

The caption for this illustration reads: Why do you weep, my brother The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends. The tale is the "Ram with the Golden Fleece." A father had tried to kill a ram with golden fleece, but was killed byt the ram. Years later, his sone met the ram and did kill him, but the king wanted the fleece. The boy refused and the king said to keep the fleece he had to plant a vineyard and bring him wine from it in seven days. The boy went and cried, knowing the deed was impossible. The illustration here shows the girl who appeared to him and helped him do the task. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.

Robinson Crusoe: What, You No Come Farther, Robinson Crusoe

SATIRA - REVISTA LA FLACA - 6 DE MARZO DE 1870. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. SPAIN. DUQUE DE MADRID. MARQUES DE COVADONGA.

Edouard Vuillard, Monsieur Bute; L'Amant de sa femme; La Belle opération, 1890 Monsieur Bute; L'Amant de sa femme; La Belle opération

THE CORPSE CANDLES, BY GUSTAVE DOR. a scene from the Legend of Croquemitaine, by Thomas Hood the Younger. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French, 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

According to Egyptian mythology, Set fooled his brother Osiris into stepping into a coffin. Set then sealed the coffin and threw it into the Nile river. It floated to Byblos (in present-day Lebanon) where it became imbedded in a cedar tree trunk. The cedar tree was cut down and used as a column in the palace. When Osiris' wife, Isis, learned what happened, she went to the palace and, to get closer access to the king and the tree, she acted as a nursemaid to the baby prince. This 1915 illustration by American artist Evelyn Paul shows Isis carrying for the baby prince.

Mitología. Atlas o Atlante, hijo de Urano, joven titán condenado por Zeus a cargar sobre sus hombros los pilares que separan la Tierra y el Cielo. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

Ferko is healed by the magic waters. (Hungarian story).

Italy, painting of Serenade

The caption for this illustration reads: there a tree three times shakes. In Serbian myths, knocking or shaking a tree was an action to get the spirit of the tree to speak and foretell something in the future. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.

Reproduction of a painting Austen, Antoni Jan (1865-1938), Vision; from: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1897, 2, 857. Unger, Józef (Warszawa ; drukarnia, wydawnictwo, księgarnia ; 1841-ca 1877), printing house, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher

Wincenty Wodzinowski (1866-1940), rest; Salon Painters Publishing House (Kraków; 1895-1949), Ripper, Aleksander (Kraków); around 1907 (1902-00-00-1912-00-00);

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. George. Two men and two horses.

A diving boy meets a decorously attired mermaid Date: 1886

Europe. Medieval framing year. Summer. Harvesting using a scythe and tying. Engraving.

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