Sea Monsters And Strange Whales
Philip Galle / Jan van der Straet - Ship Surrounded by Sea Monsters, engraving 1578.

Adrien Collaert (attributed) - Sea Monsters, Monster Whales, Turtles, Fish , engraving 1600. "Print made after fragments of work by Marten de Vos (1532-1603), Jan Sadeler (fl. 1550-1600), Phillip Galle, and Hans Bol."

Theodore Galle /Jodocus de Momper - Tempest with Sea Monsters, copper engraving, Late 16th or early 17th century.

Artist unknown - Whale Surrounded by Other Sea Monsters Near Volcanic Island, engraving 1701-1800.

Artist unknown - Monster whale, stranded in East Friesland, engraving 1610-1620.

Georg Keller - Warhafftigh Und Wunderbarlich Monster... , engraving 1598.

Artist unknown - Whale (represented as a giant carp) and hunters, woodblock.

Johann Teufel - Jonah Cast Forth into the Sea, woodblock 1540-1570.

Antoine Wierix - Jonah cast ashore, engraving 1575-1625.

Hans Rudolph Manuel - De la Cosmographie Universelle, livre IIII, engraving 1550-1568.

Artworks found at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Website.

Jules De Brucker - Dragons and Chimera Etchings
Dragon

Chimera (Notre Dame de Paris)

Chimera (Notre Dame de Paris)

See more at the artist's website.


Artworks emailed to me by Christian De Boeck (warning of tripod pop up), another fan of the fantastic who I've been sharing art links with since the late nineties.

Ernst Constantin - Im Zauberlande (In Charmland) 1891.

The entire book can be viewed in this menu at the Opal website, a fantastic collection of old strange books introduced to me by Paul K of BibliOdyssey. Thanks Paul!