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Title: The Bowman and Lion
Subject: Fables; Bowmen; Lions; Foxes; Mountains; Arrows
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Greece; Ancient Greece
Description: There are two animals sitting in a bush: a fox and a lion. They are both facing each other with the fox on the right side of the image and the lion on the left. The lion seems to be growling at the fox, while the fox sits confidently and upright, showing no sign of fear.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:28042
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: E5 - AEsop's fables. Illustrations by Harrison Weir. (1890)
Image: mta_28042_OBJ.jpg