The Deer and the Lion · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Deer and the Lion
Subject: Animals; Hunters; Deer; Lion; Humans; Dogs
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Countryside
Description: In a cave surrounded by bones and skulls, a lion attacks a deer. The lion is biting the deers neck and has their paws wrapped around the deer. In the background there is a group of hunters and dogs that are in pursuit of the deer.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27847
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_27847_OBJ.jpg