The Man and the Lion · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Man and the Lion
Subject: Man; lion; Power
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: A man on the left side of the image pins down a lion beneath him on top of a platform, holding it down by its head. A man on the right points at the scene before him with another lion standing beside him, also staring at the man on the left. Both lions appear to be in distress.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Artist)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27570
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_27570_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Man; lion; Power