Menacing Collection

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Nagazashi Gonji by a Lotus Pond, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Nagazashi Gonji by a Lotus Pond, 1865. Series: Biographies of fine modern men

Long-Haired Foreigner, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Long-Haired Foreigner, 18th century

Two Actors portraying wrestlers: (upper) actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro VII) as Tetsugatake... 1858
Two Actors portraying wrestlers: (upper) actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro VII) as Tetsugatake (lower) Iwakawa, 1858

Tiger Walking, 1850s. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
Tiger Walking, 1850s. A tiger appears against the barren rocks and sands of the Gorges d'Apremont

Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Masashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1890. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Masashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1890

Nyudozen Dajodaijin, between circa 1845 and circa 1849. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Nyudozen Dajodaijin, between circa 1845 and circa 1849. From number 76

AI Image - Illustration of Napoleon the pig from George Orwell's "Animal Farm", 2023. In "Animal Farm", a satire on Stalinism first published in England in 1945

Embankment by Kuichigai Moat in Asakusa; The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamigaya Iemon, 1863. From Flowers of Edo with Views of Famous Places

Bust Portrait of Three Actors Ichikawa Komazo II, Sakata Hangoro III, Nakayama Fukasaburo I, c1794

To from the series Saisho nana iroha, 1856. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
To from the series Saisho nana iroha, 1856. Actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Toshibei and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sukune Taro

Laughing Jester, Made 1540s. Creator: Unknown
Laughing Jester, Made 1540s

Coiled Dragon, First half of 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Coiled Dragon, First half of 19th century

Baku: Monster that Eats Nightmares, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Baku: Monster that Eats Nightmares, 18th century

Snake, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Snake, 18th century

Three-masters at anchor with rough weather coming in, 1830-1880. Creator: Thomas Sewell Robins
Three-masters at anchor with rough weather coming in, 1830-1880

Badger Disguised as Priest, early 19th century. Creator: Masakazu
Badger Disguised as Priest, early 19th century

Nutcracker with a candle and bloody sword, 1898. Creator: Willem Wenckebach
Nutcracker with a candle and bloody sword, 1898

Scene from the Play Lubbert Lubbertse or the noble farmer by M. van Breda, 1761. Creator: Jacobus Buys
Scene from the Play Lubbert Lubbertse or the noble farmer by M. van Breda, 1761

The Mayor of Casterbridge. By Thomas Hardy, 1886. Creator: Robert Barnes
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy. "Now", said Henchard between his gasps, "Your life is in my hands", 1886. From "The Graphic

Charybdis and Scylla, 1894. Creator: Ernest Cornelis Ary Renan
Charybdis and Scylla, 1894

Vignette: Satyr's Head, 1908/09. Creator: Edvard Munch
Vignette: Satyr's Head, 1908/09

August Strindberg, 1906-1907. Creator: August Strindberg
August Strindberg, 1906-1907. Photographic self-portrait made with the so-called Wunderkameran

The Nightmare, c1790. Artist: Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare, c1790. The feeling of suffocating anxiety experienced in a nightmare is represented by the demon, sitting on the dreamers chest with implied sexual menace

The Irish Vampire, 1885. Artist: John Tenniel
The Irish Vampire, 1885. The Irish National League, with the face of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), shown as a vampire preying on Ireland. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 24 October 1885)

Scene from Little Red Riding Hood, 1900. Artist: Tom Browne
Scene from Little Red Riding Hood, 1900. This fairy tale, common to Germany, Sweden and France appears in Histoires ou Contes du temps passe (Tales of Times Past) by Charles Perrault, Paris 1697

The Ancient Incident of Umewaka and the Child Seller beside the Sumida River, 1883. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Ancient Incident of Umewaka and the Child Seller beside the Sumida River, 1883. Series: Famous Places in the East

Nikki Danjo Naonori Changing into a Rat, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Nikki Danjo Naonori Changing into a Rat, 1865. Series: One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Ein Schritt (A Step), 1883. Creator: Max Klinger
Ein Schritt (A Step), 1883

Scene from Ancient History, c. 1750. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Scene from Ancient History, c. 1750

Cymon and Iphigenia, May 2, 1796. Creator: James Gillray
Cymon and Iphigenia, May 2, 1796

Youth. n. d. Creators: Claude Gillot, Jean Audran
Youth.n.d

Cymon and Iphigenia, 1796. Creator: James Gillray
Cymon and Iphigenia, 1796

Whitechapel - A Shady Place, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Whitechapel-A Shady Place, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Her ghastly face and blood-stained garments... 1919. Creator: Unknown
Her ghastly face and blood-stained garments struck terror to the souls of the petrified spectators, 1919....the brides sumptuously lacquered kago appeared, surrounded by a numerous retinue

The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Attack on Piraeus, the harbour of Athens c389 BC by Teleutias, brother of Spartan king Agesilaus II. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Dick: A well known character in the Westminster and Blackfriars Roads, c1845. Shown holding a bag of biscuits, one with a bite taken out of it

The historical torchlight procession of the SA in Berlin, 30th January, 1933. Artist
The historical torchlight procession of the SA in Berlin on 30th January, 1933. 30th January 1933 was the day Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany

The Ault & Wiborg London Co. advert, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Printed with Mander Brothers Inks, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Half-Title of Goethes Faust, 1925. Artist: Harry Clarke
Half-Title of Goethes Faust, 1925. From The Studio Volume 90. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1925]

Young Couple Threatened by Death` (or `The Promenade ), 1495, (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Young Couple Threatened by Death` (or `The Promenade ), 1495, (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt

A Portrait Study, 1899. Artist: Eric Pape
A Portrait Study, 1899. From The Studio Volume 26. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1902]

Naples, 19th century. Artist: Landelot-Theodore Turpin de Crisse
Naples, 19th century. Vesuvius looms menacingly in the background. From the Musee Baron Martin de Gray, France

Bayadere costume design for Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Danse sacree, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), 1911. Story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, Music by Reynaldo Hahn

Theatre, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Jacques Bellange
Theatre, Bellange, Private Collection

Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. From a private collection

Ceremony of Circumcision, Basel, 1739 (first edition 1663). Artist: Jan Leusden
Ceremony of Circumcision. From Jan Leusden Philogus Hebraeo-Mixtus, Basel, 1739 (first edition 1663). Engraving

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