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Title: The Lion in Love
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United States; Chicago; Ancient Greece
Description: A lion is sitting down to the left side of the image. A man is kneeling down next to is holding clippers in his right hand as he holds one of the lion’s paws with the other. Behind the man, a woman stands looking at the lion. The lion looks at the woman as though it is in love.
Image Creator: John Greenaway (Engraver);Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator); John Greenaway (Engraver); Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26841
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred and fifty Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1882 Chicago; 1882 Chicago
Image: mta_26841_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: clippers; Lion in love; Man; Woman