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S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde vaasen, pedestallen, orangiebakken, blompotten en andere bywerken & c.

1 print : etching ; platemark 30.7 x 20.2 cm.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

A lion and lioness defending their cubs at the mouth of their den. Etching by A Duncan after W-S Howitt.

Seated in a large chair, Cardinal Fox (identified in the British Museum catalogue as Cardinal de Fleury) sings a lullaby and rocks a cradle, in which is sleeping the Dutch lion, crowned and holding the heraldic arrows of the Seven United Provinces. Three pugs are attempting to awake the royal animal by barking

1 print : engraving ; platemark 18.8 x 25.1 cm

A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.

Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements

1 print : collotype ; image 19.9 x 35.2 cm.

A lion walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Double picture: Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Shri Deri; Shri Dattatreya with a cow, two worshippers and dog. Transfer lithograph.

1 print : wood engraving ; platemark 24.2 x 17.3 cm

A band of lions and leopards headed by a crowned lioness. Wood engraving.

1 print : engraving ; image 35.6 x 49.5 cm

Two lions, with a lioness lying between them. Engraving by W. Walker after F. Snyders, 1782.

In applying the study of physiognomy to the animal world, Lavater asserts a "proportional difference of force and form. ... From the insect invisible to the naked eye, up to the elephant, is not the gradation of internal and external character perpetually in exact relation?" (vol. II.i. p. 99)

Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.

1 print : chromolithograph ; border 33.3 x 24.2 cm

A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion presenting an infant Ganesha to a woman. Chromolithograph.

Shops, a circus, a zoo: crowds fleeing in panic. In the centre foreground, a self-portrait of Reinhardt seated paralysed in a wheelchair with crutches
The escape of a lion from a circus in Florence was the subject of a painting by N.A. Monsiaux, 1801. The escape of a lion from a zoo was the starting point of a novel by Max Kruse, Der Löwe ist los (1952?). Two lions, two tigers and a jaguar were reported to have escaped from a zoo in Lünebach in Rhineland-Palatinate on 1 June 2018: much panic ensued, until it was revealed that they had not escaped at all, they had merely hidden to escape a cloudburst and consequent flooding

1 print : lithograph ; image and border 35 x 51 cm

"The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.

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An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

A lion and lioness defending their cubs at the mouth of their den. Etching by A Duncan after W-S Howitt.

A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.

A lion walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Double picture: Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Shri Deri; Shri Dattatreya with a cow, two worshippers and dog. Transfer lithograph.

A band of lions and leopards headed by a crowned lioness. Wood engraving.

Two lions, with a lioness lying between them. Engraving by W. Walker after F. Snyders, 1782.

Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.

A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion presenting an infant Ganesha to a woman. Chromolithograph.

"The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.

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An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

A lion and lioness defending their cubs at the mouth of their den. Etching by A Duncan after W-S Howitt.

A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.

A lion walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Double picture: Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Shri Deri; Shri Dattatreya with a cow, two worshippers and dog. Transfer lithograph.

A band of lions and leopards headed by a crowned lioness. Wood engraving.

Two lions, with a lioness lying between them. Engraving by W. Walker after F. Snyders, 1782.

Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.

A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion presenting an infant Ganesha to a woman. Chromolithograph.

"The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.

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