Story Telling Collection

Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Victorian family entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Buddha Shakyamuni with "Jataka" Tales, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni with "Jataka" Tales, late 17th-early 18th century. The Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived in the 6th-5th century BC, is shown here telling stories of his previous existences

Gorgin Leads Bishan Astray, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1623. Creator: Unknown
Gorgin Leads Bishan Astray, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1623

Roman Ruins, early-mid 18th century. Creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini
Roman Ruins, early-mid 18th century

Man who reads to a small child, 1836-1900. Creator: Elchanon Verveer
Man who reads to a small child, 1836-1900. Old man and girl in a garden

Scenes from the Crimean War, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scenes from the Crimean War, 1856. Old soldier telling children abouth his army career; battle scene; soldiers returning home. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

The Wedding Ring - a Ghost Story for Christmas and his Twelve Days, by Miles Gerald Keon, 1857. Creator: Joseph Swain
The Wedding Ring - a Ghost Story for Christmas and his Twelve Days, by Miles Gerald Keon, 1857. Illustration to a short story, depicting a group of men seated round a hearth after dinner

"Graziella" - painted by R. Lehmann - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Creator: Unknown
"Graziella" - painted by R. Lehmann - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Engraving of a painting. This is one of Lamartine's prettiest word-pictures

The robber gang's housekeeper comforts the young girl by telling the myth of Cupid... 1808
The robber gang's housekeeper comforts the young girl by telling the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius: The Golden Ass, 1808

Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated... c. 1757
Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed, c. 1757

Encampment of the Grenadier Guards, at Constantinople - from a daguerreotype by J. Robertson, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Encampment of the Grenadier Guards, at Constantinople - from a daguerreotype by J. Robertson, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: British soldiers in Turkey

The Belgian Curate: I have served under the great man!, 1832–33. Creator: Auguste Raffet
The Belgian Curate: I have served under the great man!, 1832-33

Setting for Scheherazade, 1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
Setting for Scheherazade, 1910. Scheherazade is a ballet based on the legendary Arabic queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights. From The Studio Volume 118

Russian author Leo Tolstoy with his granddaughter Tatiana, Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, c1910. Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists

Nezami, Persian poet, recounting the story of Alexander the Great, 12th century (18th century). Nezami Ganjavi (c1141-c1217) was one of the great Persian poets of the 12th century

A Merry Tale, 1882, printed January 1890. Creator: Henry Peach Robinson
A Merry Tale, 1882, printed January 1890. Photogravure, from " Sun Artists, number 2" (1890)

Zouave Storyteller (Le recit), 1857. Creator: Gustave Le Gray
Zouave Storyteller (Le recit), 1857. Albumen print, from the album " Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons"

Swapping Lies, 1906. Creator: Henry Francois Farny
Swapping Lies, 1906

The Story (The Diners; Pleasures of the Table), 1898. Creator: Charles Webster Hawthorne
The Story (The Diners; Pleasures of the Table), 1898

The Old Smiths Story, 1895. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Old Smiths Story, 1895

The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, 1837. Creator: William Sidney Mount
The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, 1837

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan, 1861/1869. Fourteen successful battles

Dog Dance - Sioux, 1861. Creator: George Catlin
Dog Dance - Sioux, 1861. To enter the dance, a warrior must talk of eating the heart of an enemy and approach a stake with a dogs heart, biting off and swallowing a portion

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe with Porcupine Quills, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of a Sioux Robe with Porcupine Quills, 1861/1869

Facsimile of an Ojibbeway Robe, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of an Ojibbeway Robe, 1861/1869. A collection of Indian totems

Twas A Famous Victory, 1883. Creator: Edward R Taylor
Twas A Famous Victory, 1883

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctors Robe, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctors Robe, 1861/1869. Medicine man on his favorite horse, with a procession of other doctors

Facsimile of an Omaha Robe, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of an Omaha Robe, 1861/1869

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of a Sioux Robe, 1861/1869

Facsimile of a Cheyenne Robe, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of a Cheyenne Robe, 1861/1869. Representing the attack and defence of a Cheyenne village

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctors Robe with Fantastic Professional Designs, 1861 / 1869
Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctors Robe with Fantastic Professional Designs, 1861/1869

Facsimile of Chief Four Mens Robe - Mandan, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Facsimile of Chief Four Mens Robe - Mandan, 1861/1869

Joseph Telling His Dreams (reverse copy). n. d. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Telling His Dreams (reverse copy).n.d

Story of Golden Locks, ca. 1870. Creator: Seymour Joseph Guy
Story of Golden Locks, ca. 1870

Great-Grand-Fathers Tale of the Revolution - A Portrait of Reverend Zachariah Greene, 1852

Aesop, (c620-564 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Aesop, (c620-564 BC), 1830. Aesop (c620-564 BC) a slave and fabulist storyteller in Ancient Greece credited with tales collectively known as Aesops Fables

How The Race Was Won, 19th century, (1911). From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

Folding Prints for Enclosure in Split Thalers, 1907
Folding Prints for Enclosure in Split Thalers. From The Connoisseur Vol. XVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1907.]

A professional story teller at Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, c1875

Stained glass window, Bourges Cathedral, Bourges, France, 13th century (1849). Artist: Hauger
Stained glass window featuring the story of the Prodigal Son, Bourges Cathedral, Bourges, France, 13th century (1849). Bourges Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Stephen

The Warriors Story, c1861, (1938). Artist: Herman Frederik Carel Ten Kate
The Warriors Story, c1861, (1938). Painting held at the Bury Art Museum, Lancashire. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C

An Amusing Story, 1877, (1938). Artist: Giovanni Battista Quadrone
An Amusing Story, 1877, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

Symptoms of Being Amused, 1822. Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
Symptoms of Being Amused, 1822

Edward, the Black Prince, relating the particulars of the Battle of Poictiers, 19th century. Artist: J Collyer
Edward, the Black Prince, relating the particulars of the Battle of Poictiers, France, 19th century. Edward, relates the particulars of the Battle of Poictiers to his wife, Joan

A Good Story, 1881, (1912). Artist: Walter Dendy Sadler
A Good Story, 1881, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, (Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Serbian family telling the story of routing the Austrians from Bosnia, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Scene from the introduction to The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, (1833). Artist: Thomas Stothard
Scene from the introduction to The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, (1833). In Boccaccios (1313-1375) The Decameron, a group of friends, who have escaped the plague in Florence

Telemachus accompanied by Mentor, relates his Adventures to Calypso, 1774. Artist: J Collyer
Telemachus accompanied by Mentor, relates his Adventures to Calypso, 1774. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1774

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