Giant Collection (page 8)

I could only revenge myself by calling him brother. From Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag
2963134 I could only revenge myself by calling him brother. From Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag. From Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Her Imperial Majesty was pleased to smile very graciously upon me. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput
2963123 Her Imperial Majesty was pleased to smile very graciously upon me. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput. Illustration from Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo

The Diversions of the Court of Lilliput. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput
2963122 The Diversions of the Court of Lilliput. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput. Illustration from Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Pushing them forward with the butt ends of their pikes into my reach. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput
2963120 Pushing them forward with the butt ends of their pikes into my reach. From Gulliver's voyage to Lilliput. From Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary

Gulliver with the giant people of Brobdingnag during his voyage there. From Gullivers Travels by Dean Swift
2963106 Gulliver with the giant people of Brobdingnag during his voyage there. From Gullivers Travels by Dean Swift, published c.1880.; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Pilgrims attacking Giant Despair, 19th century (print)
2603522 Pilgrims attacking Giant Despair, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration from the theological fiction The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1628-88))

Franco Prussian war, 1870
1583480 Franco Prussian war, 1870; (add.info.: Giant Mortars in Strasburg.); Windmill/Robert Hunt Library/UIG

International Exhibition, Chicago, USA, 1893. The giant Ferris wheel. Illustration 1893
530588 International Exhibition, Chicago, USA, 1893. The giant Ferris wheel. Illustration 1893.; Universal History Archive/UIG

The Flag of the City and Giants, Corpus Christi Procession, the Ramblas, Barcelona, June 8th
863077 The Flag of the City and Giants, Corpus Christi Procession, the Ramblas, Barcelona, June 8th, 1928 (chalk & w/c on paper) by Bone

Six Horned Uintathere
1192307 Six Horned Uintathere by Knight, Charles Robert (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wild Animals of North America published by National Geographic Society published 1960)

Giant drum major (b/w photo)
8672167 Giant drum major (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giant drum major)

Jack and the Beanstalk (colour litho)
8646682 Jack and the Beanstalk (colour litho) by Haslewood, Constance (fl.1890); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack and the Beanstalk)

Primo Carnera, Italian heavyweight boxer and wrestler, 1929 (b/w photo)
8626571 Primo Carnera, Italian heavyweight boxer and wrestler, 1929 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Primo Carnera, nicknamed the Ambling Alp)

Odysseus pouring wine for Polyphemus (engraving)
8634990 Odysseus pouring wine for Polyphemus (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus pouring wine for Polyphemus. Illustration from Hellas)

The Giant from Jack the Giant Killer (engraving)
8634806 The Giant from Jack the Giant Killer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Giant from Jack the Giant Killer)

Mercury and Argus in a Landscape, c.1635 (oil on copper)
XOS5881181 Mercury and Argus in a Landscape, c.1635 (oil on copper) by Lisse, Dirck van der (d.1669); 62x79 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de
JEB4934807 Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553)

Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - edition
PCT4278397 Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - edition Maxwell 1865 - Second voyage

Giant Despair discovers Christian and Hopeful on his grounds. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
2603553 Giant Despair discovers Christian and Hopeful on his grounds. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print.; (add.info)

David and Goliath. Auxerre cathedral (stained glass)
8711332 David and Goliath. Auxerre cathedral (stained glass); (add.info.: Auxerre Cathedral. Stained glass. David using his sling to bring down the Philistine giant Goliath. Auxerre)

Zeus defeats the giant Mimas, 1887
7125133 Zeus defeats the giant Mimas, 1887; (add.info.: According to Greek mythology Zeus defeated the giant Mimas by throwing blazing thunderbolts at him during the Gigantomachy)

The giant tower, World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, USA, America, woodcut circa 1871
UIG5413984 The giant tower, World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, USA, America, woodcut circa 1871; UIG

Illustration of Joseph Boruwalski and giant Patrick Cotter O'Brien 1805
5311566 Illustration of Joseph Boruwalski and giant Patrick Cotter O'Brien 1805. Patrick O'Brien (1760-1806), born Patrick Cotter in Kinsale, Ireland in 1760

General view of the ceiling of the Hall of the Giants, Mantua (Palazzo del Te, Mantova): the Gods of Olympus
BEN5463228 General view of the ceiling of the Hall of the Giants, Mantua (Palazzo del Te, Mantova): the Gods of Olympus. Fresco by Giulio Pippi de Jannuzzi known as Giulio Romano (Julius Romano)

Extirpated species of giant boar (Elothere) from South Dakota in the United States
NWI4955783 Extirpated species of giant boar (Elothere) from South Dakota in the United States. 19th century colour engraving after a drawing by Charles Knight in 1890.; (add.info)

The interior of the Victoria Hothouse in the Van Houtte Nursery, with visitors admiring the giant water lily
FLO4629452 The interior of the Victoria Hothouse in the Van Houtte Nursery, with visitors admiring the giant water lily, Victoria cruziana

Chilean or giant rhubarb, Gunnera tinctoria (Gunnera scabra). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte
FLO4628793 Chilean or giant rhubarb, Gunnera tinctoria (Gunnera scabra). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, Amorphophallus campanulatus. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte
FLO4627860 Elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, Amorphophallus campanulatus. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens

Forest giant owl butterfly (owl), Caligo eurilochus, upperside 2, and underside 1
FLO4575355 Forest giant owl butterfly (owl), Caligo eurilochus, upperside 2, and underside 1. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Letter O and P: Ogre and Little Thumb, beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204134 Letter O and P: Ogre and Little Thumb, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary). Series number 4 in Albums-chromo on canvas

Air Megaptera approaching!
Barathieu Gabriel

Scolopandra gigante (Scolopendre giante - Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede)
CSO4996839 Scolopandra gigante (Scolopendre giante - Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Representation of a giant rooster. Illustrated chart of a manuscript of Natural History by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605)
VEN5029397 Representation of a giant rooster. Illustrated chart of a manuscript of Natural History by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) on monsters, Ulisse Aldrovandi fonds

Portrait of Quoniambec (or Cunhambebe), an indigenous king of Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
NWI4850233 Portrait of Quoniambec (or Cunhambebe), an indigenous king of Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), described as a giant by the first explorers (as Andre Thevet 1516-1590)

Giant anteater or ant bear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla. Vulnerable. Myrmecophaga jubata Linn
FLO4692080 Giant anteater or ant bear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla. Vulnerable. Myrmecophaga jubata Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques

Extinct Reunion giant tortoise, Cylindraspis indica (Indian tortoise, Testudo indica)
FLO4694784 Extinct Reunion giant tortoise, Cylindraspis indica (Indian tortoise, Testudo indica) and shells of the extinct saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri

Tamanor or antill (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), a South American mammal that feeds mainly on ants and termites
FLO4687607 Tamanor or antill (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), a South American mammal that feeds mainly on ants and termites, searching colonies with its long worm-shaped tongue

Fleur de canna de Guadeloupe - Lithograph by J. Swan, based on an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865)
FLO4619539 Fleur de canna de Guadeloupe - Lithograph by J. Swan, based on an illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), extract from Flora Exotic, Scotland, 1823 - Giant canna flower

Giant granadilla, barbadine, grenadine, giant tumbo or badea passionfruit, Passiflora quadrangularis
FLO4609123 Giant granadilla, barbadine, grenadine, giant tumbo or badea passionfruit, Passiflora quadrangularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine

Madagascar giant swallowtail, Pharmacophagus antenor (Papilio antenor) 1, hairstreak butterfly, Thecla sylvanus 2, 3
FLO4615707 Madagascar giant swallowtail, Pharmacophagus antenor (Papilio antenor) 1, hairstreak butterfly, Thecla sylvanus 2, 3, and white-banded babul blue, Azanus isis (Polyommatus isis) 4, 5

Myths and legends: The Rokh or Roc (giant bird of Arab-Persian mythology. It is found in passages of the Thousand)
NWI4929308 Myths and legends: The Rokh or Roc (giant bird of Arab-Persian mythology. It is found in passages of the Thousand and One Nights)

Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de
JEB4934181 Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553)

Portrait of a very elegant man with a giant's head, he wears a melon hat, a cane, a bow tie and a black coat
IMB4930191 Portrait of a very elegant man with a giant's head, he wears a melon hat, a cane, a bow tie and a black coat. This is a photomontage

Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de
JEB4934832 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
JEB4935317 Quaresmeprenant (geant obtus de l'epoque medievale) - engraving of 1823 in " Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553)

Large-flowered Aristoloch - Pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora (Giant birthwort, Aristolochia gigas)
FLO4588693 Large-flowered Aristoloch - Pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora (Giant birthwort, Aristolochia gigas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by

Aristoloche giant, Aristolochia gigantea - Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892)
FLO4584488 Aristoloche giant, Aristolochia gigantea - Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892), lithography published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for Sir William Jackson Hooker

Mythical creatures: harpy, griffon, satyre, titan, seahorse and triton - Mythical creatures: harpy, griffin, satyr
FLO4576913 Mythical creatures: harpy, griffon, satyre, titan, seahorse and triton - Mythical creatures: harpy, griffin, satyr, giant or Titan, seahorse and Nereid or Triton

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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.