Strange Collection (page 7)

The entrance front, Heath Old Hall, from England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley (1961-2006)
CLF311772 The entrance front, Heath Old Hall, from England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley (1961-2006) published 2002 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Animated Desk Lamp
A strange illustration of a desk lamp with a decorative shade, stooping down with long, gangly legs, almost like a 1901 version of Pixar's animated lamp! Date: circa 1901

Pirelli Tyres Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Pirelli Ltd, promoting the world's best tyre of to-day and the future. The artistic

The Magnetic Hill, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
The Magnetic Hill is an example of a gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. It is located at the northwestern edge (in the Magnetic Hill Area)

Watching Racing at Brooklands
Spectators on the River Wey, watching the action on the Brooklands race track immediately overhead. Date: 1933

Wicket Drying Machine
A new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931

Triple-screw ice breaker, the Kosma Ninin, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson Date: circa 1927

Rotor ship, designed by Flettner, German engineer, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson. The tall cylinders are turned in the direction of the wind

Ten thousand ton ore-carrying turret steamer
A ten thousand ton ore-carrying turret steamer, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson. The large number of masts are not for sails or rigging, but there to support the derricks

Robert Louis Stevenson
A portrait of Scottish novelist and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, best known for works including Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Date: 1892

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Illustration to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow showing a man and woman in a strange clearing, surrounded by animated trees and a couple of goblins looking down on them. Date: circa 1929

Advert for Kershaw's Binoculars
Advert for Kershaw's Sportsman Binoculars - worn like spectacles. Date: 1939

Photograph of Clark Gable, Norma Shearer in The Strange Interval'film. With description, Clark Gable and Norma Shearer are hardly recognisable to their fans in "Strange Interval

Royal Air Force Squadron Leader L. A. Strange, WW2
Royal Air Force Squadron Leader L.A. Strange leaving Buckingham Palace after being presented to King George VI during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Woman in slippers seated on sofa
A woman sits on a green sofa, wearing slippers, with a cat sleeping comfortably her lap. Date: 1970s

Fantastic Adventures - The living Dead
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1941, featuring the story The living Dead by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A tiger with pincers fights a weird looking red lion while a woman climb up a tree to

Fantastic Adventures - The Lavender vine of death
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1948, featuring the story The Lavender vine of death by Don Wilcox. A huge purple monster devours a modern building

Fantastic Adventures - Death plays a game
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1941, featuring the story Death plays a game by David V. Reed. A alien is holding a futuristic gun which is directed at a blue suited terrified looking man

Flights into the Future - creatures of the air jungle
An unfortunate pilot is thrown out of his plane by creatures fllying around the air jungle, the product of the imagination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote of strange monsters

FREAK BIRTH/COLOREDO
Lazarus Coloredo (1742 - ?) and his partially formed attached twin. Date: mid 18th century

Forest Twists and Dances
Miodrag Kosanovic

El Sueno De La Razon Produce Monstruos (The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters), 1799 (etching & aquatint)
3745577 El Sueno De La Razon Produce Monstruos (The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters), 1799 (etching & aquatint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 32x22 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

Fashionables of 1817, 1817 (hand-coloured etching)
5043062 Fashionables of 1817, 1817 (hand-coloured etching) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); 33x25.4 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Coloured caricature of man and woman)

The Long Eared Man Scolds His Servant. Long Eared men were said to live in Africa
878608 The Long Eared Man Scolds His Servant. Long Eared men were said to live in Africa. They were said to sleep lying upon one ear with the other covering them as a blanket

A human faced animal. From The Strand Magazine published 1897
878612 A human faced animal. From The Strand Magazine published 1897. by English School, (19th century); Private Collection

Author-explorer Schenchzer meeting a dragon in the Swiss Alps, after a drawing from his book Routes in the Swiss Alps
878609 Author-explorer Schenchzer meeting a dragon in the Swiss Alps, after a drawing from his book Routes in the Swiss Alps, written 1702-1711. From The Strand Magazine published 1897

March of the modern Don Quixote for the defense of the mill of abuse, 1791 (engraving)
ELD4927642 March of the modern Don Quixote for the defense of the mill of abuse, 1791 (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

In came the three women dressed in the stangest fashion. Illustration by Arthur Rackham from Grimm's Fairy Tale
492391 In came the three women dressed in the stangest fashion. Illustration by Arthur Rackham from Grimm's Fairy Tale, The Three Spinning Women

Lonely House, 1908 (oil on canvas)
XKH234223 Lonely House, 1908 (oil on canvas) by Illies, Karl Wilhelm Arthur (1870-1952); 90x75 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

A wild ghost skink (Eremiascincus phantasmus) at night with sand dune habitat, South Australia
wildlife, wild, macro, closeup, desert, fauna, scales, habitat, canegrass, secretive, strange, nocturnal, dune, animals, color, colorful, outdoor, beautiful, natural, background, Reptiles, 1464435298

The Phantom Ship The Marlborough discovered near Cape Horn, from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1913 (colour litho)
CHT182658 The Phantom Ship The Marlborough discovered near Cape Horn, from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1913 (colour litho) by French School

The Fool Dreaming Of The Land Of Milk And Honey, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper)
7308546 The Fool Dreaming Of The Land Of Milk And Honey, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper) by Stettler, Wilhelm (1643-1708); 11.5x10.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

There I Was Waiting At The Church (colour photo)
3093326 There I Was Waiting At The Church (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: There I Was Waiting At The Church)

Meat Flies (engraving)
3634713 Meat Flies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Meat Flies. Illustration for Chatterbox, 1873. Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b / w photo)
5998081 Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b / w photo)
5998073 Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Above and Below Board (litho)
3643437 Above and Below Board (litho) by Gibson, Charles Dana (1867-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Above and Below Board. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Le Caveau De Mr Bishop (engraving)
3100073 Le Caveau De Mr Bishop (engraving) by Philippoteaux, Paul Dominique (1846-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Caveau De Mr Bishop. Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

The Honeymoon (colour litho)
3641746 The Honeymoon (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Honeymoon. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b / w photo)
5998072 Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Man smacking girl on the bottom (colour litho)
3643433 Man smacking girl on the bottom (colour litho) by Sager, Xavier (1870-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man smacking girl on the bottom)

The Landing of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) on the island of San Salvador on the 12th October 1492
IND113076 The Landing of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) on the island of San Salvador on the 12th October 1492, from The Discovery of America, pub

Lord of Discipline
Daniel Springgay

Saint Anthony Beaten by the Devils, (pen and brown ink, brown wash)
827546 Saint Anthony Beaten by the Devils, (pen and brown ink, brown wash) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666); 21x26.5

In the cemetery of Portici (Naples), two carabinieri, to surprise a blackmailer who had to... (colour litho)
2777985 In the cemetery of Portici (Naples), two carabinieri, to surprise a blackmailer who had to... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Un Bon-Vivant (litho)
2800661 Un Bon-Vivant (litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Bon-Vivant. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b / w photo)
5998079 Page of an article on Kisses and Kissers from The Royal Magazine, 1902 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Unveiling the Extraordinary: A Journey through Strange Wonders" Step into a world where the extraordinary takes center stage, as we explore an array phenomena that captivate our imagination. From the awe-inspiring La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona to the enigmatic Shoebill bird found in the Papyrus Swamplands of East and Central Africa, prepare to be amazed. Venturing further into this realm of peculiarity, we encounter hairless creatures that defy conventional beauty standards. The Sphinx cat, with its smooth skin resembling ancient Egyptian statues; a rodent and rat stripped of their fur, revealing nature's quirky side. In scientific breakthroughs, we delve into history's first observation of the omega-minus particle - a discovery that revolutionized our understanding of subatomic particles. Similarly captivating is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren, a medieval tale steeped in mystery and chivalry. But it doesn't stop there; brace yourself for encounters beyond our earthly realm. UFO sightings and cattle mutilation incidents leave us pondering what lies beyond our comprehension. Meanwhile, Mary Pinnock's portrayal as Ophelia by Julia Margaret Cameron transports us to Shakespearean realms filled with melancholy and intrigue. As we journey through time and space, Sun Studios emerges as a birthplace for legendary musical talents while Reginald Higgins' Strange Incense fills our senses with an otherworldly aroma. Nature continues to surprise us with its oddities – from an Alligator Snapper Turtle showcasing its lure formed by its tongue in South America to spotting Thorny Devils near Newhaven Station in Northern Territory Australia – reminding us that strangeness thrives even within familiar landscapes. Finally, no exploration would be complete without marveling at Gaudi architecture - structures so unique they seem plucked from dreams or fairy tales. Join us on this captivating odyssey where curiosity leads us down unexpected paths towards the strange and extraordinary.