[The Cart of the Lions] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Cart of the Lions]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: A four-wheeled cage is drawn by two mules, on top of the cage, two royal banners fly on the back two corners and one large flag flies front and center. Two men steer the cage, the one on the left carries a whip while the one on the right sits idly. Although not pictured, this is the cage that carries the lion that Quixote seeks to slay.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26073
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26073_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Flags; Spain; Carriages and carts; History