Dreadful Animals

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A man scatters powder on the edge of a circular ditch as a group of lions moves toward him — These dreadful animals knowing, I presume, the force of our troop, advanced very slowly.

Artist

Name:: Clark, Joseph Benwell
Dates:: 1857-?
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author(s):: Raspe, Rudolf Erich
Publisher:: London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895
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Description

A man scatters powder on the edge of the circular ditch filled with water behind which he is entrenched as a group of threatening lions moves toward him.

Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, eerie, lion, Munchausen, Victorian

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