A prehistoric man defends his family from an attacking bear: the man's family huddle together in a cave, while mammoths, a tiger (?), a rhinocerus and cattle roam in the landscape beyond. Colour lithograph, 1840/1900?.

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[1840/1900?]
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581109i
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A prehistoric man defends his family from an attacking bear: the man's family huddle together in a cave, while mammoths, a tiger (?), a rhinocerus and cattle roam in the landscape beyond. Colour lithograph, 1840/1900?. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1840/1900?] (Esslingen : Lith. von J.F. Schreiber)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 33.4 x 42.7 cm

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Der Mensch und die Thiere der Diluvialzeit in Mitteleuropa Bears number: VII

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Wellcome Collection 581109i

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