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The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.

Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883.

A man in a white bathrobe sits against the legs of a man dressed in a jacket and shirt with the head of a roaring lion to the left and the message to 'Live wild. Safe sex'; advertising the AIDS Information Line in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by Hans Verschuuren for the Stuurgroep AIDSpreventie Homo's, 1991.

Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.

Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

The ugliest show on Earth / Animal Defenders.

A lion walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.

Daniel and the four fantastic beasts. Engraving, 1634.

A lion attacking a horse. Engraving by R. Collin, 1679, after J. von Sandrart.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

A lion and lioness defending their cubs at the mouth of their den. Etching by A Duncan after W-S Howitt.

Double picture: Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Shri Deri; Shri Dattatreya with a cow, two worshippers and dog. Transfer lithograph.

A dialogue between the proud horse, the tame lion, and Crab the master's cudgel, as they lay together one night in a stable near Mentz in Germany: with some historical particulars. Written by the lion himself, and printed in the Westminster Journal of Nov

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Lions

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Images about Lions

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A dialogue between the proud horse, the tame lion, and Crab the master's cudgel, as they lay together one night in a stable near Mentz in Germany: with some historical particulars. Written by the lion himself, and printed in the Westminster Journal of Nov

Lions

Images from the collections

Images about Lions

Works from the collections

A dialogue between the proud horse, the tame lion, and Crab the master's cudgel, as they lay together one night in a stable near Mentz in Germany: with some historical particulars. Written by the lion himself, and printed in the Westminster Journal of Nov

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