M0004768: Cave painting of bear

Previous title, replaced Oct 2021: Gravure d'Ours de fleches et Paraissant vomir etc.

Illustration of a bear, one of several paintings found in the Cave of the Trois-Frères, Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège. The bear is covered in arrows and is vomiting. The image taken from 'Un dessin de la grotte des Trois frères (Montesquieu-Avantès) Ariège' Breuil, Henri published in 'Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres', 1930, 74-3, pp. 261-264. Slide number: 1688

September 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.