Monster Collection (page 8)

Figure of Aizen Myo-o, a Buddhist adibuddha, Japanese. Aizen is one of the five Myo-o (Sanskrit: Vidyarajas), Kings of Light

St Michael the Archangel, c1503-1504. Artist: Raphael
St Michael the Archangel, c1503-1504. St Michael depicted as a knight in armour with shield and sword attacking the dragon as described in Revelations

Bronze ritual vessel, Shang dynasty, China, 12th century BC

Daniels vision of the beasts, 1804. Four great Beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel was one of the four great Hebrew prophets. From the Bible (Daniel 7:3)

Fountain, grotto design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Fountain, grotto design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

The Wheel of Life, Tibet, 19th-20th century. A buddhist deity wearing a skull headdress holds a wheel containing scenes from the cycle of life and death

Sphinx from Sparta, Ancient Greece. In Greek mythology a Sphinx was a female monster with a human head and a lions body. It posed riddles and killed people who could not answer

Witch summoning up a monster, 1544
Witch summoning up a monster. This was supposed to have happened in front of Marcomir, King of the Franks. From Cosmographia universalis, by Sebastian Munster. [Basle, 1544]

Head of Monster on Pot, from Ecuador, Pre Columbian. British Museum

Depiction of Typhon from the pediment of an early temple near the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, now from the Acropolis Museums collection

St Michael the Archangel fighting a dragon with a sword, c1484-1526. Artist: Bernardino Zenale
St Michael the Archangel fighting a dragon with a sword, c1484-1526. In his left hand he holds a balance to weigh mens souls. from the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

US Army enlistment poster; Destroy this Mad Brute, 1917-1918

Laocoonte, 1789. Artist: Paolo Andrea Triscornia
Laocoonte, 1789. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Strangling the Monster, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Strangling the Monster, 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, is seen strangling the three headed monster of the Irish Land League

A Sop to Cerberus, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Sop to Cerberus, 1872. This cartoon shows Louis Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third Republic, and Leon Gambetta, the deputy for Marseilles

The Monster Slain, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Monster Slain, 1872. The monster of perjury and injustice lies dead, slain with the trusty sword of truth and justice

The Octopus of Monopoly, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Octopus of Monopoly, 1888. Commerce battles the Monster octopus called Monopoly. The little boat, Free Competition, is being pulled under the waves by the tentacles of Copper, Salt, Iron

Griffin, ca. 1435-1491. Creator: Martin Schongauer
Griffin, ca. 1435-1491

Craftsman by the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Craftsman by the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, 19th century

The Knight and His Companion (Punch, March 5, 1887), 1887. Creator: John Tenniel
The Knight and His Companion (Punch, March 5, 1887), 1887. ['Suggested by Albert Durer's famous picture, "Knight, Death and the Devil"]

Birth of Bonoparte, February 8, 1808. February 8, 1808. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Birth of Bonoparte, February 8, 1808

Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513. 1513. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513

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