Giant Collection (page 11)

The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Detail of the back. Red and white figure crater
BEN5473771 The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Detail of the back. Red and white figure crater. Greek ceramic decorated by the painter from Talos (Inv.1501), 400-390 BC. Height: 75 cm

The biggest potato on record in 1879. The Maggie Murphy potato weighing 86lbs
878559 The biggest potato on record in 1879. The Maggie Murphy potato weighing 86lbs. 10oz.From The Strand Magazine published 1897.; Private Collection.

Cream-coloured giant squirrel, Ratufa affinis (Duvaucel's squirrel, Sciurus hypoleucus)
FLO4989149 Cream-coloured giant squirrel, Ratufa affinis (Duvaucel's squirrel, Sciurus hypoleucus). From a specimen in the Prince of Wied's Museum

How the lords of Boiseul come plea before Pantagruel without lawyers Planche drawn from "La vie de Gargantua et
JEB4865542 How the lords of Boiseul come plea before Pantagruel without lawyers Planche drawn from "La vie de Gargantua et Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553)

History of Ulysses: " The Polypheme Cyclops in his cave" Fresco by Pellegrino Tibaldi (or Tibaldo)
VEN5031388 History of Ulysses: " The Polypheme Cyclops in his cave" Fresco by Pellegrino Tibaldi (or Tibaldo) dit il Pellegrini (1530-1596), 1549

Patagons, Giants of Patagonia, men and women measuring seven feet tall (more than two meters)
FLO4727715 Patagons, Giants of Patagonia, men and women measuring seven feet tall (more than two meters) - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite

Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de
JEB4933845 Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553)

Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de
JEB4934493 Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553)

Giant Grenadille (Passiflora quadrangularis) - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885)
FLO4611143 Giant Grenadille (Passiflora quadrangularis) - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) under the direction of Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840)

Giant cabuya, green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp, Furcraea foetida (Furcraea gigantea)
FLO4609809 Giant cabuya, green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp, Furcraea foetida (Furcraea gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London

Henry Blacker, the British Giant at a height of 7 feet 4 inches, exhibited in London in 1751
FLO4601741 Henry Blacker, the British Giant at a height of 7 feet 4 inches, exhibited in London in 1751. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits

Victoria of Amazonia - Giant waterlily, Victoria amazonica (Victoria water-lily, Victoria regia), torus, stamen, ovary
FLO4584931 Victoria of Amazonia - Giant waterlily, Victoria amazonica (Victoria water-lily, Victoria regia), torus, stamen, ovary, ova, stigma and fruit outline

Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - Third voyage
PCT4278479 Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - Third voyage: a giant snake grabs one of Sindbad's companions in his mouth to devour him - engraving 19th

The tall Tehuelche people of Patagonia exchanging gifts with short European colonist
FLO4621301 The tall Tehuelche people of Patagonia exchanging gifts with short European colonist. The Native Americans wear feather headdresses and fur cloaks

Bergenie (or Savetiers Plant) with Giant Himalayan foliage - Lithograph by J
FLO4619550 Bergenie (or Savetiers Plant) with Giant Himalayan foliage - Lithograph by J. Swan, based on an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Exotic Flora, Scotland

Canna de Guadeloupe - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865)
FLO4619527 Canna de Guadeloupe - Lithography by J. Swan, from an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flore Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Giant canna

Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, early 19th century
FLO4622943 Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient

Ichthyosaurus (fish lezard), is a genus of marine giant reptiles from the Jurassic period
FLO4639209 Ichthyosaurus (fish lezard), is a genus of marine giant reptiles from the Jurassic period. Colour illustration by Heinrich Harder (1858-1935)

Irish elk or deer (Megaceros giaganteus). Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt)
FLO4639022 Irish elk or deer (Megaceros giaganteus). Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company)

Plesiosaur, genus of marine geants of the Jurassic. Chromolithography of F
FLO4639901 Plesiosaur, genus of marine geants of the Jurassic. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company)

Archaeopteryx, extirpated species of dinosaur at the end of the Jurassic and glyptodon (or glyptodont)
FLO4639676 Archaeopteryx, extirpated species of dinosaur at the end of the Jurassic and glyptodon (or glyptodont), species of giant tattoo. Chromolithography of F

Irish elan (Megaloceros giganteus, extirpated deer from the late Pleistocene. Chromolithography of F)
FLO4639598 Irish elan (Megaloceros giganteus, extirpated deer from the late Pleistocene. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company)

By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall. From Gulliver's voyage to Laputa
2963126 By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall. From Gulliver's voyage to Laputa. From Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

There arrived a solemn embassy from Blefuscu, with humble offers of a peace. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput
2963117 There arrived a solemn embassy from Blefuscu, with humble offers of a peace. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput

Giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima gigantea (Great African kingfisher, Ispida gigantea)
FLO4650982 Giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima gigantea (Great African kingfisher, Ispida gigantea). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William

Long-horned beetle (Macrodontia cervicornis). Signed illustration RN (Richard Nodder)
FLO4680853 Long-horned beetle (Macrodontia cervicornis). Signed illustration RN (Richard Nodder). Copper engraving for the naturalist collection

Giant crab spider, Heteropoda venatoria (American tarantula spider, Aranea venatoria) and nest with trapdoor
FLO4681043 Giant crab spider, Heteropoda venatoria (American tarantula spider, Aranea venatoria) and nest with trapdoor. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Metallic coleoptere from South America, with its larva (Euchroma gigantea)
FLO4680692 Metallic coleoptere from South America, with its larva (Euchroma gigantea). Unsigned illustration (George Shaw and Frederick Nodder)

Letters O P Q R: Ogre, Pepetit Poucet, Don quixote (Quijote) and Raminagrobis
DUV4204141 Letters O P Q R: Ogre, Pepetit Poucet, Don quixote (Quijote) and Raminagrobis (cat pulls from a fable by Jean De La Fontaine)

Paradoxical frog or shrinking frog, Pseudis paradoxa (paradoxical frog, Rana paradoxa). Adult frog and giant tadpole
FLO4694651 Paradoxical frog or shrinking frog, Pseudis paradoxa (paradoxical frog, Rana paradoxa). Adult frog and giant tadpole

Giant house bat, Scotophilus nigrita nigrita. Vespertilio nigrita. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann
FLO4692021 Giant house bat, Scotophilus nigrita nigrita. Vespertilio nigrita. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann

Fossils: human skull of Furfooz cave (Belgium), auroch and bear skulls, skeleton of lazy giant
FLO4694264 Fossils: human skull of Furfooz cave (Belgium), auroch and bear skulls, skeleton of lazy giant and woolly rhinoceros - Chromolithography of Geology and Paleontology by Friedrich Rolle

Skeleton Fossils, Fish, Salamander, Monkey and Bird Footprint - Chromolithography of Geology
FLO4694259 Skeleton Fossils, Fish, Salamander, Monkey and Bird Footprint - Chromolithography of Geology and Paleontology by Friedrich Rolle (1827-1887)

Peruvian giant Basilio Huaylas, 7 ft at age 24. A native American from Ica in the south
FLO4576818 Peruvian giant Basilio Huaylas, 7 ft at age 24. A native American from Ica in the south, he was exhibited in the capital Lima in 1792

Giant grasshopper - giant grasshopper - Tropidacris cristata (Gryllus cristata)
FLO4576001 Giant grasshopper - giant grasshopper - Tropidacris cristata (Gryllus cristata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur Kinder"

Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas (Balloon cuttlefish, Sepia tunicata). Illustration drawn
FLO4683301 Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas (Balloon cuttlefish, Sepia tunicata). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Lava lizard, Tropidurus torquatus, desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, stellion, Stellagama stellio
FLO4684692 Lava lizard, Tropidurus torquatus, desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, stellion, Stellagama stellio, Sudan plated lizard, Gerrhosaurus major, giant ameiva, Ameiva ameiva

Giant ameiva, Ameiva ameiva (Ameiva lizard, Lacerta ameiva). Illustration drawn
FLO4683606 Giant ameiva, Ameiva ameiva (Ameiva lizard, Lacerta ameiva). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri (Pavonia major). Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an
FLO4671135 Giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri (Pavonia major). Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural

Skeleton of Giant Mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson, 1801 (engraving)
536600 Skeleton of Giant Mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson, 1801 (engraving); (add.info.: From Cuvier The Animal Kingdom, London 1830)

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The princess and the giant (engraving)
8652435 The princess and the giant (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The princess and the giant)

This Mechanized Age, 1937: Unloading Grain (colour litho)
8657557 This Mechanized Age, 1937: Unloading Grain (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unloading Grain)

David with a sling kills Goliath (litho)
8675945 David with a sling kills Goliath (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: David with a sling kills Goliath. 1 Samuel 17:49)

Hop-o'-My-Thumb (chromolitho)
8664002 Hop-o'-My-Thumb (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hop-o'-My-Thumb)

Sea Adventure: "Nelson's Bridge" (colour litho)
8668759 Sea Adventure: "Nelson's Bridge" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Giant anteater a, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, ground pangolin c, Smutsia temminckii, six-banded armadillo d
FLO5000016 Giant anteater a, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, ground pangolin c, Smutsia temminckii, six-banded armadillo d, Euphractus sexcinctus, pale-throated sloth e, Bradypus tridactylus

The Princess Burns the Elfrite to Death, from The Story of the Three Calenders in 'Sinbad the Sailor
BAL4180 The Princess Burns the Elfrite to Death, from The Story of the Three Calenders in 'Sinbad the Sailor and Other Stories' (colour litho) by Dulac

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"Unleashing the Power of Giants: From Mythical Creatures to Human Ingenuity" Step into a world where giants roam, both in folklore and reality. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren, we witness the epic encounter between a valiant knight and an imposing green giant. The tale reminds us that even heroes face formidable challenges. Speaking of giants, let's turn our gaze towards the stars. At Palomar Observatory, nestled among California's mountains, stands a colossal 200-inch telescope—a testament to humanity's quest for knowledge about our vast universe. But not all giants reside in distant realms or celestial bodies. Take Old Orkney Whiskey, for example—an elixir crafted with meticulous care over centuries. Each sip reveals flavors as rich and robust as the legendary Kraken attacking ships during stormy seas and can also be found within human creations like Da Vinci's crossbow—a marvel of engineering that showcases Leonardo's genius beyond his renowned artworks. Its intricate design embodies innovation on a grand scale. Yet sometimes giants emerge from nature itself—like the awe-inspiring giant octopus lurking beneath ocean depths. With its tentacles swirling gracefully through underwater kingdoms, it captivates our imagination with its mysterious presence. And who could forget Godzilla? This iconic creature from Japanese cinema has stomped its way into our hearts since its debut in 1954. A symbol of destruction and resilience combined, Godzilla reminds us that even monsters have their stories to tell. In another realm altogether lies Sir Gawain and his encounters with rabbits & hares—a whimsical twist on traditional tales where these small creatures take on larger-than-life roles alongside noble knights. As Theodore Roosevelt joins John Muir amidst towering trees in C1903 photographs, they embody two environmental giants whose efforts shaped conservation history forever—inspiring generations to protect our natural wonders. Even promotional recruitment cards for the U. S Navy depict sailors standing tall, ready to face the challenges of the sea.