Mythical beasts posters & prints

Mythical beast, detail Stuart Cox

A Mythical Beast Surmounting Stylised Characters Anonymous

Hunter on horseback attacked by a mythical beast, mid-18th century Iranian School

Page of illustrated text from the Luttrell Psalter, c1300-c1340, (c1900-1920) Anonymous

Griffin, ca. 1435-1491 Martin Schongauer

Sphinx with Two Bodies, 1652 Wenceslaus Hollar

The Fair Flower on the Mountain Nicolas Flamel

Statues of Gog (Gogmagog) and Magog (Corineus) Anonymous

Ben Jonson English playwright English School

The Cockatrice English School

The Hampton Hydra Joseph Swain

Folk Painting, 1725 Unknown

Dragons and Landscape, 14th century; plus later addition Unknown

A King Pursued by a Unicorn, from the Unicorn Series, ca. 1555 Jean Duvet

Saint George Albrecht Dürer

Plate 7: Pluto in a niche, holding a bident, with Cerberus next to him, from a series of m…, 1526 Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Gerard the Giant, Gerard's Hall, Basing Lane, London Thomas Hosmer Shepherd

Goddess of Chaste Love, 1468-75 Francesco di Giorgio Martini

Bed hanging depicting fantastical creatures Anonymous

Initial letter 'A' Henry Shaw

Saint George on Horseback, 1505-8 Albrecht Dürer

Navagunjara, a Universal Form of Krishna, ca. 1835 Unknown

A phoenix sat atop a tree, wings open, an assortment of animals below, 1530-60 Master of the Die

Plate 6: Thetis standing in a niche with a shell and sea creature, pouring water out of a …, 1526 Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

The Inside of Guild Hall near Cheapside, London William Griggs

Manticore from 'Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes' by Edward Topsell, published 1607 Edward Topsell

The Enchanted Forest Sir John Gilbert

Reclining Female Figure on a Chariot drawn by Two Centaurs, published ca. 1599-1622 Unknown

Fifth scene, the Inferno, from 'The marriage of the gods', 1637 Stefano della Bella

Perseus and Andromeda, from 'Game of Mythology', 1644 Stefano della Bella

'Figure du Poission nomme Caspilly' Anonymous

Gog and Magog with a barrel Ebenezer Landells

Constellation of Perseus, 1603 Alexander Mair

Doorknocker Henry Shaw

Venus and Cupid riding two sea monsters, Cupid raises an arrow in his right hand, t…, ca. 1515-27 Marco Dente

Design for a Candelabra Grotesque with a Bat in the Center, 1550 Heinrich Aldegrever