A lion that has escaped from a circus in Florence picks up a baby in its teeth, but when the baby's mother shouts at it, the lion gives the baby back to the mother unharmed. Watercolour by M. Díez de Bulnes, 1817, after N.A. Monsiau.

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Díez de Bulnes, Manuela, 1784-

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A lion that has escaped from a circus in Florence picks up a baby in its teeth, but when the baby's mother shouts at it, the lion gives the baby back to the mother unharmed. Watercolour by M. Díez de Bulnes, 1817, after N.A. Monsiau.