Whimsical Illustrations

Illustrations and sketches depicting surreal and whimsical themes, featuring mystical creatures and playful narratives, often referencing fairy tales and folklore.

Comme Le Roi Arthur Vit La Bete by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, (1871-1958)

And there were gossips sitting there by one, by two, by three.... The witches' frolic.. Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). Illustrations. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Witches, Abandoned buildings

La Mort et les Passions fondant sur la terre, 1914. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Black crayon;

Comme Le Roi Arthur Vit La Bete by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, (1871-1958)

"The absent-minded giant.". Illustrations. 1921. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Leisure, Giants, Flour mills

Knight and giant monkey. In the foreground a standing man in a long white tunic, a helmet on and a sword in hand, seen on the back. In the background a huge red monkey, sitting between factory chimneys. In folder with 31 design drawings and sketches for illustrations.

Britannia a la Beardsley. A 'Punch' artist depicts Britannia as he thinks Aubrey Beardsley might draw her. Date: 1894

Postcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, The Aeropegasus Motor Anzani, Moriz Jung -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Mitrokhin, Dimitri Isidorovich (1883-1973) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 1912 Ink on paper

Study of a machine used in sieges. Miniature, 15th century. Conde Museum. Chateau of Chantilly, France.

S�dergren (1900-1900); Lorenz Froelich (1820-1908), Rolf Sad Paa Fyrisvold, (1852)

Bonnard, Pierre, Femme au parapluie, Woman with umbrella, verso center bottom - stamped, print, prints, etchings, verso bottom center - stamped, height 220 mm, width 135 mm, Frans, 1867-10-03 - 1947-01-23, print maker, printmaker, 1894 - 1894, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, color printing, lithography (technique), Work conception, after own design by

Woman figures with man on back of bird. A naked man flies on the back of a bird. He raises his arms. He is viewed from above by different women dressed in dresses. There is a cat in their midst. Clouds and flowers float in the air.

The earliest description of the use of opium as a recreational drug in China comes from Xu Boling, who wrote in 1483 that opium was mainly used to aid masculinity, strengthen sperm and regain vigor’, and that it enhances the art of alchemists, sex and court ladies’. He described an expedition sent by the Chenghua Emperor in 1483 to procure opium for a price equal to that of gold’ in Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Shaanxi where it is close to Xiyu. A century later, Li Shizhen listed standard medical uses of opium in his renowned Compendium of Materia Medica (1578), but also wrote that lay people use it for the art of sex’, in particular the ability to arrest seminal emission’. This association of opium with sex continued in China until the twentieth century. Opium smoking began as a privilege of the elite and remained a great luxury into the early 19th century, but by 1861, Wang Tao wrote that opium was used by rich peasants, and that even a small village without a rice stor

The caption for this 1923 illustration reads: Zidovin threw the iron club into the air and caught it with one hand. The great Russian hero Ilia Muromec watched this and then rode forward to do battle. Ilia was born in Kiev. For thirty years, he and twelve knights had guarded the city castle, until one day the mighty Zidovin appeared. The battle between Zidovin and Ilia was mighty and fierce, with Ilia vanquishing Zidovin.

fine arts, Bhutan, graphic, wheather god Drol Dorje, colour woodprint, 19th/20th century, private collection,

EL BUSCON - ILUSTRACION DEL AHORCADO - EDICION DE 1966 - OBRA DE GOÑI. Author: FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO (1580-1645). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Rout of San Romano. One of the set of three paintings by the Florentine painter Paolo Uccello (1397 - 1475) depicting events that occurred at the Battle of San Romano in 1432. Dated 1435.

cartoon by Delannoy, depicting rebels at the Bastille representing Clemenceau attacking Justice. 1908

Hanged people /Finale/. Wawrzeniecki, Marian (1863-1943), painter

Parisian company, 10 avenue de Parisian society, 10 avenue de la Grande-army. Poster. Color lithography.

Three of Clubs, A Savage Trait, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Playing cards issued as trade cards from the "Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series" (N220), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Three of Clubs, A Savage Trait, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

September, an autumnal beauty returned the courtesy by providing Fat Tuesday a serving of Pheasant hen., Walter Crane - Beauty & the Beast

(16) / Thiers says bleeding heart O death! Wait for a moment!

Don Quijote: "!Válame - Dios! - dijo Sancho ...". Museum: COLECCION PARTICULAR MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: GUSTAVE DORE.

Femmes Modernes, 1926: Sitting woman with a cat, c. 1926 Young woman in dress 1920s, sitting on a couch, embracing a cat. Against brightly colored background. Amitié paper. gouache (paint) fashion plates

It will be sufficient to break off a branch and carry it to plant in your garden. The Talking Bird.. Parrish, Maxfield (1870-1966). Illustrations. 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Folklore, Clouds, Drapery in art

Hotei, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, between ca. 1830 and 1849, 1 print : woodcut ; 20.7 x 12.9 cm., Print shows Hotei, a portly figure, one of the seven lucky Japanese gods, with a large sack tied to a staff resting on his left shoulder.

Drunk tamboer with roemer and torch; Cereris Bacchique Amicus; The general joy to the intake of names through Stadholder Willem III, king of England, September 1695. Smiling tamboer with Roemer with an orange branch and a burning torch. Under the show a six-line verse in which the conquest of Willem III is being jublyed in France. The print is part of the series of eight prints manufactured in response to the conquest of names in 1695.

PORTADA DE LA REVISTA OCTUBRE - MUJER GRITANDO. Location: HEMEROTECA MUNICIPAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Artur Grottger (1837-1867), Farys; Stella (Bochnia; Publisher; 1908-1932); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

USA, New Mexico, Gallup: Downtown Gallup, Rex Museum, Indian Mural

The Marco Brothers. Dated: 1895. Medium: photomechanical process. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

The Prince hacks through the thicket of thorns, past unsuccessful (and somewhat decayed) princely rivals to reach the royal castle containing Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty, who he will wake with a kiss. Date: 1920

Tables turned.. Tables turned.

'Sir Francis Drake - The First Englishman To See The Pacific', c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon.

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp , Treasure troves, Aladdin Tale, Aladdin Legendary character

Illustration to the national epic Kalevala, Kochergin, Nikolai Mikhaylovich (1897-1974)

Shoki to yujo no aiaigasa, Shoki and a courtesan beneath an umbrella., Nishimura, Shigenobu, active 1730s-early 1740s, artist, Japan : Urogataya, between 1726 and 1736, 1 print : woodcut, color, lacquer ; 32.6 x 15.6 cm., Shoki, the demon fighter, with his arm around a young woman holding a parasol.

Giacomo matteotti exhibition: posters and documents of the fascist period, l'asino magazine, rovigo, italy

Nicholas II (1868-1919) Tsar of Russia from 1894, against a chaotic background of death and destruction. Caricature from 'L'Assiette au Beurre', Paris, 29 September 1906. On 15 September the Tsarist government had ordered 'any means' to maintain public order.

Romania, Bucharest. Ceausescu's lavish Parliament Palace (aka Palatul Parlamentului or Casa Poporului), 2nd largest building in the world, interior.

The Organ player. Watercolor of Stein. Engraving by R. Bong, 1894. Chromolitography.

Soviet Propaganda Magazine Interior, Bezbozhnik u Stanka (Atheist at his Bench) Magazine, Illustration by Konstantin Urbetis, 1920's

Paris, France Alex de Ph.Ad the Italian emprunt, Italian Closeet , (French - Paris , France Affiche de l' emprunt national , Banca Italiana di Sconto). Loan, bank , finances, poster, war effort , war work, Economic activity, registration , information, First World War, France, Paris, posters of the Place de la Concorde borrowing

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 85, 'The Descent of Odin.', William Blake, 1757-1827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm), armor, bridle, dragon, fire, flames, helmets, horse (animal), knight (landholder), literary theme, man, mythological figures, religious and mythological subject, serpent, snake, text, woman

Necrophiliac Landscape; Paisaje Necrofilico. Juan O'Gorman (1905-1982). Tempera on masonite. Painted ca. 1981. 60 x 37cm.

Judge Magazine: A Hopeless Effort to Revive the Mummy, Judge Magazine

Reproduction of a painting: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), illustration for Henryk Sienkiewicz `The Legions`, part I, cycle 18.; from: 'Tygodnik Ilustrowany`. Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher

Soviet Propaganda Magazine Interior, Bezbozhnik u Stanka (Atheist at his Bench) Magazine, Illustration by Aleksandr Deyneka, 1920's

Untitled. Alphonse Mucha (Moravia, Ivančice, active France, 1860-1939). Czech Republic, 1902. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

A black pen, watercolor, and cover color drawing by Léo Schnug depicting an allegory of autumn with a landscape view of a castle, including gold spring highlights and a black edging line.

Design for a political cartoon: De Shaduw, Albert Hahn (I), 1887 - 1919 drawing Design for a print. paper. deck paint. ink. chalk pen / brush political caricatures and satires. caricatures (human types)

King with onions, Elly Verstijnen, c. 1900 - c. 1930 drawing Standing man with a beard, crown on the head and an ermine cloak. The man squeezes an onion in his left hand. Five more onions float around his head. cardboard. ink pen / brush crown (symbol of sovereignty). beard. (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: onion

Ossovski, Pyotr Pavlovich (*1925) Regional Art Museum, Kirovohrad 1980 Oil on canvas Modern Russia History

Soviet Propaganda Magazine Interior, Bezbozhnik u Stanka (Atheist at his Bench) Magazine, Illustration by Aleksandr Deyneka, 1920's

Caricature against Adolphe Thiers, 1871. Artist: Anon

A farmer has just killed a surprised vagabond stealing plums in his orchard. Caricature by French artist, Felix Valloton. Félix Edouard Valloton (1865 - 1925) was a Swiss/French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis school of art. original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1902 for L'Assiette au Beurre. Printed on wove paper for a special issue of L'Assiette au Beurre, on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punishment).

Red Riding Hood 1896 Adolf Hoefer (b. 1869)

A chimney sweep looks over the top of the chimney from where he can see a man and a woman embracing through an open window. Coloured etching.

Two fountains among each other; Architectura Curiosa Nova. The upper fountain consists of a round basin with two figures that are sitting on a shell and hold a fish, the lower fountain consists of a round basin with a figure holding two dolphins at their tail. Leaf 44-45 from part III of a series consisting of 226 sheets, spread over four books, each with its own title sheet.

Tribute to Art. Artist: Gesina ter Borch. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1652. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 313 mm × w 204 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Postcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, Telephone conversation, Moriz Jung -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

The alpine tourist's chief delight is the Magnolia ham. , Mountaineering, Men, Meat, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi illustrated by marino, 1945

Hartmann von Aue (Epic Poet ca. 1165 - ca. 1210) ca. 1330 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Wurtemberg Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart,Germany

Seated peasant prints, linocuts, works on paper

'How Table Mountain got its Cloud', 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton.

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). The Divine Comedy. 1952. Surrealism. Watercolour. Private Collection.

L'union sous le drapeau. Dated: c. 1914/1919. Dimensions: overall: 53 x 37.4 cm (20 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.). Medium: brush and black ink with black crayon and white (gouache) on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Flowers, 1918. Watercolour on cardboard. Alexandre Kuprin (1880-1960). Russian artist.

MAXFIELD PARRISH ILLUSTRATION FAIRYTALE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE FROM ARABIAN NIGHTS 1900s 1909

The Best Wishes for the New Year 1930 Nostalgia Cards

Apel·les Mestres / Chocolate Atmeller stickers, months of March and July.

Denisovsky, Nikolai Fyodorovich (1901-1981) Russian State Library, Moscow 1945 Screenprinting Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Theatre programme for Monsieur Bute by Maurice Biollay, La belle opération by Jean Serment and L'amant de sa femme by Aurélien Scholl (Thétre Libre, 26 November 1890). Dimensions: 21.5 cm x 19.6 cm, 19.4 cm x 16.5 cm. Photomechanical reproduction, stenciled with watercolour, and letterpress printing in black on wove paper. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: EDOUARD VUILLARD.

Admiral, Words & Language

Bóstwo gwiazdozbioru Wega. unknown, graphic artist

Decorative front cover of The Tatler magazine celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Design features a relief of the King surrounded by Britannia and Neptune, while an angel hovers among the grand, classical arches sounding a trumpet and holding a laurel wreath. Date: 1935

DALI , SALVADOR PINTOR ESPAÑOL . FIGUERAS 1904 - 1989 " EL CABALLERO DE LA MUERTE " , OLEO 1935 COLECCION F .PETIT . PARIS ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Sancho Panza is thrown into a blanket from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

The candle of victory. Poster project. The candle of victory Henri Dangon ( -). The candle of victory. Poster project. The candle of victory. Watercolor, Chinese ink and lead mine, after 1914. Carnavalet Museum, Paris Story.

Unpleasant People, by Bonzagni Aroldo, 1918, 20th Century, oil on canvas. Private collection. Whole artwork. Buildings city huts tramps derelicts old beggars sticks rags down-and-outs waste bags stones poor brown black gray yellow

Drama Major, Skeletons - Academia

The Clown; Der Clown. Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950). Gouache on paper. 75 x 52cm.

Chinese ornament

The First Duty by artist Udo J. Keppler 1872-1956. Illustration shows a female figure as Civilization wearing a breastplate and helmet, and holding a spear, standing before a benign Chinese emperor, while in the background, a dragon labelled Boxer with billowing clouds of smoke labelled Anarchy, Murder, and Riot is coming over the city wall into the international Legation Quarter. Dated 1900

Anonymous, Professor Gauthier/ Breet devices S.G.D.G./ France. Foreign (registered title (letter)), 1880. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

King Lear Act III, Scene II - "He that has a house to put his head in (and Libby, McNeill & Libby's canned meats to eat) has a good head (and stomach) piece.". King Lear Act III, Scene II - "He that has a house to put his head in (and Libby, McNeill & Libby's canned meats to eat) has a good head (and stomach) piece."

At Dawn, Ports of Call

Old, weathered votive plaque, thanks for protection during the World War, Chapel of Grace Altötting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) Museum of the Goznak, Moscow Book Art Mythology, Allegory and Literature Illustration for the Fairy tale of Vasilisa the Beautiful and White Horseman

The Fire Boss. Dated: 1925. Dimensions: overall: 153.1 x 128 cm (60 1/4 x 50 3/8 in.) framed: 181 x 156.2 x 6.4 cm (71 1/4 x 61 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Luks.

Buccaneer - Captain Morgan, Pirates

Illustration of cemetery arch scroll with skeleton grim reaper done in retro style.

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Swiss Family Robinson. The caption reads: She had a hat made of downy breast of the cormorant. The she is Emily in the novel. The Swiss Family Robinson(German:Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel byJohann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route toPort Jackson,Australia, goes off course and is shipwrecked in theEast Indies.

Painting of woman and cowboy shooting

Defence of Sevastopol. Painting by A.A. Deyneka. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (1899 - 1969) Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942)

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