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!

Old Maids Dreaming Of The Monster, 1790

Hand-coloured etching, Published by William Holland."

- found at the British Museum.

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, engravings, 1580-1610
"A naked winged boy riding a sea monster"

"A merman like sea monster blowing a conch shell"

"A naked child entwined with a horned sea serpent"


"Two sea monsters riding the waves"
Engraving, 1580-1610

"A putto holding a helmet before a sea monster"

"A naked mermaid seen from behind holding on to a sea monster riding the waves"

"A putto holding on to a sea monster"

"Two winged boys holding forks and riding sea monsters"

Found at the British Museum

Unica Zurn, Orakel Und Spektakle 4
See several excellent posts devoted to Zurn at A Journey Round My Skull.

Artist previously mentioned here.

John D. Batten - The Demon With The Matted Hair, 1892
From a book titled Indian Fairy Tales, published in 1892, selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John D Batten.
Another amazing artwork posted by Sarcoptiform.

Tom Friedman - Title Unknown, 1995

- source

Ethiopian Manuscript Pages 17th - 18th century
"The Devil, the dragon and the lower halves of St. George and his horse. Wall painting in the old Church of St. Mary of Zion, Axum, Ethiopia."

"Ethiopian St. George And The Dragon - Detail"

"From the treasury of the Church of Narga Selassie, Dek Island, Lake Tana, Ethiopia."






See more Ethiopian Manuscript artworks in this flickr set.

One more page from what I think is the same book, found browsing google.

Jesse Balmer


See more on his flickr gallery.

Found thanks to Meathaus.

Arik Brauer
Title Unknown, 1966
Artworks found at Sarcoptiform's flickr gallery.

Artist previously mentioned here.

Gustave Le Rouge Story Illustration
Artist unknown, found in this article at El Desvan del Abuelito.