Spooky Collection (#3)

Nave of Dunkeld Cathedral, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Nave of Dunkeld Cathedral, 1898. Dunkeld Cathedral in Perth and Kinross, bult in grey sandstone from 1260-1501. From " Our Own Country, Volume V"

Archimedes, (c287-212 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Archimedes, (c287-212 BC), 1830. Archimedes of Syracuse (c287- 212 BC) Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

Fashion doll in taffeta Watteau sacque with hooped petticoat, c1750-1800, (1937) Creator
This fashion doll is dressed in a Watteau sacque of taffeta (a white ground with cross-bar lines of red) over a hooped petticoat of the same trimmed with a pinked flounce, c1750-1800, (1937)

Scene from Hamlet, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Scene from " Hamlet", 19th century. Act 1 Scene 5 from " Hamlet" by William Shakespeare: the ghost of his father appears to Hamlet and says Adieu Adieu Adieu! remember me

Melrose Abbey. Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders was founded by Cistercian monks in 1136 at the request of King David I of Scotland

Crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1818. Artist: Frederick Nash
Crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1818. Workmen in the crypt of the church of St Mary-le-Bow, showing the vaulted ceiling. One man carries a basket

Mansion House Monitor, 1809. Cits guzzling at a Mansion House dinner are terrified by the appearance of the ghost of Henry Fitzailwin, first Lord Mayor of London

Wittingtons Ghost, 1807. The ghost of Dick Whittington appearing at Mansion House in search of his cat

The Haunted Mill, 1893. Artist: WH Murphy Grimshaw
The Haunted Mill, 1893

St Pauls Cathedral (new), London, 1852
View of crypt in St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1852, with a figure showing three men the Duke of Wellingtons probable burial place indicated by the light from the lantern on ground

St Pauls Cathedral (old), London, c1650-80
Interior view of St Pauls Cathedral, London, c1650-80

Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]-Navaho, c1905. Photo shows a Navajo man wearing mask of Ganaskidi, god of harvests, plenty, and of mists

Ichikawa Yonezo as the Ghost of Oiwa, 1865. Creator: Enjaku
Ichikawa Yonezo as the Ghost of Oiwa, 1865

Hurstmonceaux Castle, c1870. 15th century Herstmonceux Castle, built in brick by Sir Roger Fiennes and then by his son, Lord Dacre, dismantled in 1777 leaving only the exterior walls standing

Drawing of Two Halves of a Skull, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Drawing of Two Halves of a Skull, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Canon of the Lost Souls, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

From the East, Melrose Abbey, c1880, (1897). Artist: Alexander Francis Lydon
From the East, Melrose Abbey, 1880, (1897). From The Ruined Abbeys of Britain by Frederick Ross. [William Mackenzie, London, 1897]

Vampire Bat, c1885, (1890). Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Vampire Bat, c1885, (1890). From Journal of Researchers into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S

Oak Staircase of Charles II, at Whitton Park House, 1910. Old oak staircase in Whitton Park House in the London Borough of Richmond. From The Connoisseur Vol XXVII. [Otto Limited, London, 1910]

The Great Court of Heidelberg, 1834. Artist: Henry Winkles
The Great Court of Heidelberg, 1834. After David Roberts (1796-1864). From The Pilgrims of the Rhine, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. [Saunders & Otley, London, 1834]

Bats. (Chiroptera), 1885. From The National Encyclopaedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by Writers of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art

Fortress of Hornberg-on the-Neckar. Goetz von Berlichgen died here, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Feste Hornberg am Neckar - Fortress of Hornberg-on the-Neckar. Goetz von Berlichgen died here, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

The Chapel in the Castle at Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. Artist: John Greig
The Chapel in the Castle at Newcastle, Northumberland, 1814. From The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, Vol. II, by Walter Scott, Esq. [Longman & Co. London, 1814]

Plexiglas furniture in a 1940s interior, 1941. From The Studio Volume 121. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1941]

Bruges: Le Quai Vert (The Green Quay), 1916, (1917). Artist: Albert Delstanche
Bruges: Le Quai Vert (The Green Quay), 1916. An illustraion from The Little Towns of Flanders by Albert Delstanche (1870-1941). From The Connoisseur Vol XLVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1917.]

Indian God or Cemi, 1920s
CEMI or idol. The Siboneyes consulted their Gods that they called Cemis receiving divine inspirations during their ceremonies

Sciapode, c1860-1910 (1924). Artist: Odilon Redon
Sciapode, c1860-1910 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Woodland, c1912. Artist: Willem Wenckebach
Woodland, c1912. From The Studio Volume 57. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912-13]

Studies by Agostino of Siena, 1913. Artist: Agostino of Siena
Studies by Agostino of Siena, 1913. A print from The Art of the Great Masters, by Frederic Lees, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1913

Harbour at Night (Sisters), 1818-1820. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
Harbour at Night (Sisters), 1818-1820. Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Hobgoblins, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Hobgoblins, 1799. Plate 49 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Scorpion Fish, (Peixe Carneiro), 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Scorpion Fish, (Peixe Carneiro), 20th century. Scorpionfish, are a family of mostly marine fish that include many of the worlds most venomous species

Tibetan mask used in ritual dance, c9th century
This Tibetan mask is used in the ritual Black Hat dance, which is of pre-Buddhist origin, c9th century

Reconstructed Neanderthal skull
The skull of a Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-Saints (reconstruction)

South Native American boiled head

Skull of Australopithecus Africanus from Transvaal

Western inuit wooden mask, 19th century
Western inuit wooden mask, North American. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Skull of Homo Habilis, from Koobi Fora in Kenya

Head of a Haniwa tomb figure, 6th century
Head of a Haniwa tomb-figure from Berlin Museums collection, 6th century

Native American dance mask, from the pacific north-west coast of America. Now in the Museum of Mankind in London

Clay mask of the demon Humbaba from Sippur

Gypsum statue of a woman, which originally had inlaid eyes

Terracotta head of a demon: a votive offering from a temple, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Paleolithic Skull of Grimaldi man (replica)
Skull of Grimaldi man, an adolescent discovered in Baousse Rosse one the Cote de Azure. It is debated whether he is neanderthal, cro-magnon, or something else entirely

Paleolithic Skull of Grimaldi man, his species unknown
Skull of Grimaldi man, an adolescent discovered in Baousse Rosse one the Cote de Azure. It is debated whether he is neanderthal, cro-magnon, or something else entirely

Neanderthal skull from France
A neanderthal skull from Chapelle Aux Saints, Correze, in France

Les Fantoches de L Internationale, caricature on the communists. France 19C
Les Fantoches de L Internationale, caricature on the communists. France 19th century. Lithograph. Private collection

Detail of a stone head in Penmon Priory in the South transept. It is probably medieval, but has Celtic features

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