Lions Collection

Granada / The Alhambra
The Court of Lions

The Lions Bride by Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max
The Lions Bride - a painting by Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (18401915) was a Prague-born Austrian painter

African Lioness - close up of female (Panthera leo)

Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas Baines
Lions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874

Poster, Robert Brothers Circus, Caernarvon, Wales. circa 1960s

Babylons lion. Lion decorated the Processional Wal (Ishtar Gate). 575 BC. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany

Poster, Sir Robert Fossetts Circus and Zoo, featuring lions and an elephant. Date: circa 1950s

Sleeping Lions / F. Lewis
A sleeping lion and lioness. (panthera leo)

Alhambra. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Alhambra. Patio of the Lions. Hispano-Moresque art. Nasrid dynasty. Architecture

Alhambra / Spain / Lions Crt
The Court of the Lions within the Palace of the Alhambra

Circus Poster / Paris
A poster for Cirque d ete (Summer circus) in the Champs Elysees, Paris. Open every evening, there are clowns, lions and horses, to name but a few acts

Daniel in Lions Den
Nebuchadnezzar casts Daniel into a den of lions, with the intention that they would eat him; instead, they let him be, recognising that he is under Gods protection

Italiy. Venice. Saint Marks Basilica. Noahs Ark. Mosaic. 1
Noah free the animals of the ark, Mosaic from the Pala d Oro or Golden Altar 12th-14th centuries. Saint Marks Basilica. Venice. Italy

Palace of the Normans. Byzantine mosaics at the Palatine Cha
Italy. Sicily. Palerm. Palace of the Normans. Byzantine mosaics at the Palatine Chapel. Christ with Saint Peter and Paul above the throne stage. 12 th century

Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne, with lion
Mr Pastry, aka the comic actor Richard Hearne (1908-1979), with a lion. Date: circa 1960s

African Lion - cub lying down alert whilst adults are resting (Panthera leo). Ndutu area between Serengeti and Ngorongoro - Tanzania

WWI - The Lion Roused - British Propaganda postcard full of strength, defiance and patriotism. The confidence evident in 1914... Date: 1914

Hunting Trophies - A Good Bag - British East Africa (Modern Kenya). Date: circa 1910s

Trafalgar Square / Chromo
A view of Trafalgar Square looking up towards the National Gallery, showing Nelsons Column, the lions and the fountains

RICHARD I 1157 - 1199
RICHARD I, THE LIONHEART Depicted riding into battle, broadsword in hand, armoured from head to foot. His shield bears three lions passant, the English Kings royal symbol

James F Byrne, rugby player and cricketer
James Frederick Byrne (1871-1954), rugby player for England and the British and Irish Lions, and first-class cricketer for Warwickshire (captain). 1890s

Fruit Label --s Musmeci Costa, Messina, Sicily, exporters of citrus fruit and vegetables. Depicting two lions and an array of medals. Date: 20th century

Trafalgar Square Lions
Nelson thanks Edwin Landseer for the lions which are finally installed at the foot of his column in Trafalgar Square. Date: 1867

Tiger Trainer 1930S
Tiger trainer Miss Cilly Heyderich, giving one of her tigers a piggy back! Date: early 1930s

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks
Animals of Messrs. Howe and Cushings menagerie being loaded at the London Docks

Women Washing Dishes
Three young women (" Three Lions", perhaps in some way connected with womens services during World War Two) washing and drying dishes together in a large kitchen

Trafalgar Sq before Lion
Trafalgar Square before the lions came

Cartoon, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion
Cartoon, The State of the Nation, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion

Herr Seeth and his performing animals, London Hippodrome
Herr Julius Seeth, lion tamer, in the arena at the London Hippodrome with two of his lions forming behind him with ponies and dogs. Date: 1903

People in the Lion House at London Zoo. Date: circa 1910

Bridge - Pont de Ghazirah - Cairo
Pont de Ghazirah - Bridge over the Nile at Cairo built by a French Ironworks. When Egypt became British, the two statues of the (very English) lions were added!

Construction of the Lions, Trafalgar Square, London, 1867
Engraving showing the construction of the lion statues at the base of Nelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London, 1867

Snow Trafalgar Square
A man sweeps a path in the heavy snow at the base of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square. Note Landseers lions covered in snow

Exhibition at the Olympia Circus, with forty-five lions seated in a steel cage, with their trainer Captain Alfred. Date: 1926

Mock Tudor building, Cheshire Date: circa 1889

Mock Tudor building, Cheshire Date: circa 1889

An unusual welcome for visitors to Colney Hall, Norwich, the home of Mr. Hugh G. Barclay, in the form of two nine-month-old lions, who prowl the surrounding lawns

Africa - Tanzania - Greetings Multi-view Postcard. Date: 1992

Africa - Wildlife of Africa including Cheetah, Flamingo, Elephant, Lion, Giraffe, Zebra and Black Rhinoceros. Date: circa 1970s

Africa - Wildlife of Africa including Black Rhino, Lions, Elephants, Leopard and Impala. Date: circa 1970s

Africa - Wildlife of Africa (Lions, Elephants, Leopard, Grey Crowned Crane and Antelope). Date: circa 1970s

Africa - African Lions and Lioness
Africa - Lions (Panthera leo) and a Lioness, a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. Date: circa 1970s

Africa - Male African Lions (Panthera leo), large cats of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania. Date: circa 1970s

Sarcophagus of the Lions. Decorated with lion heads and strigils. Marble. 2nd century AD. External dimensions: 2.45 m. (length), 0.90 m. (width) and 0.55 m. (height). Detail. From Evora, Portugal

Sarcophagus of the Lions. Decorated with lion heads and strigils. Marble. 2nd century AD. External dimensions: 2.45 m. (length), 0.90 m. (width) and 0.55 m. (height). From Evora, Portugal

Medieval Crusader Knight in armour - William de Valence
Effigy of Medieval Crusader Knight in armour - William de Valence in St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, 1296 Date: 1296

Lion trainers and sellers in Constantinople. Facsimile after a woodcut from La cosmographie universelle by Andre Thevet (1516-1590), published in Paris in 1575

Holy Roman Empire, 1000-1100. From left to right, 2: princess, 3: Henry the Lion's wife, 4-5-6: noblemen. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Holy Roman Empire, 1000-1100. From left to right, 1: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (1122-1190), 2: princess, 3: Henry the Lion's wife, 4-5-6: noblemen, 7: king, 8: nobleman, 9: bishop

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart, Mary I of Scotland, 1542-1587. Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567, beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle, 1587

Bacchus, Roman god of wine and drunkenness. Crowned with vine leaves, he sits on a chariot drawn by lions, while satyrs and nymphs drink and dance in a bacchanalia

King Richard II and his father, Edward the Black Prince
King Richard II (1367-1400) and his father, Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376). Both wear crowns and armorial robes with coats of arms of fleurs-de-lys and lions

King Henry VI of England presenting a sword to John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, on his appointment to Constable of France

Terrestrial sphere, furniture for a hall or library, Rouen
Terrestrial sphere, furniture for a hall or library. Decorated with lions, angels, allegorical figures of Ceres for Summer, Bacchus for Autumn. Painted by Pierre Chapelle, 1725

Celestial sphere for a hall or library, Rouen, 1725
Celestial sphere, furniture for a hall or library. Decorated with zodiac constellations, allegorical figures of the Four Elements, Junon for the Air, Painted by Pierre Chapelle, Rouen, 1725

Coat of arms of the Duchy of Saxony, with swords, eagle, lions, rose, etc. Le Duc de Saxe

Coat of arms of the King of Navarre, with fleurs-de-lys, tower, lions, cows, etc. Le Roy de Navarre

Coat of arms of the Duchy of Lithuania, Brunswick and Lunenberg
Coat of arms of the Duchy of Lithuania with vytis or knight in armour on horseback, Brunswick with two lions, and Lunenberg with lions quartered. Duchez: Lituanie, Brunsvic, Lunebourg

Bottle with Chinese lions, 14th century. Mamluk period
Bottle decorated with Chinese lions, 14th century. Mamluk period (1250-1517). Egypt (or Syria). Gilded and enamelled glass. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugalon, Portugal

Uniforms of the Portuguese cavalry, 1800s
Uniforms of the Portuguese Army, 1800s. Mounted Lisbon police guard 5, cavalryman from the Legion of Alorgna, and cavalryman from the Regiment of Alcantara

Claire Heliot and her performing lions 1903
Claire Heliot (1866 -1953), renowned female lion tamer, photograph showing her in a huge cage caressing and talking to the large cats. Date: 1903

Harold Davidson, former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk
Harold Davidson (1875-1937), defrocked former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk, seen here lion taming at Skegness in July 1937. Unfortunately, this kind of activity led to his being attacked and killed

Lawrence Dallaglio (Lions 1997) - England rugby player Date: 1990s - 2000s

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Daniel in the Lions Den

CRYSTAL PALACE ALHAMBRA
The Alhambra Court at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, modelled on the Court the Lions in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain Date: 1860

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India
The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It was built between 1906 and 1921 as a memorial to Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Empress of India. The building is now a museum

Barnum's Circus in Ramsgate in 1899

Lion's Head From Tower Of General Post Office
Lion's, Head, from, Tower, of, General, Post, Office, Cape, Town, South, Africa, Valentine's, postcard, circa, 1910, , 13974338

Table Mountain, Devil's Peak, Lion's Head, Cape Town, South Africa - Valentine's postcard c. 1910 Date: circa 1910

London Zoo - A large male Lion anticipating someone ignoring the warning sign

Indian Idol in the grounds, Sandringham, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sea Lions, Groudle Glen, Isle of Man - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Laughing Animals
An illustration portraying a gentleman smoking a cigar, walking alongside a young lady wearing a decorative patterned dress and an extravagant hat, a crowd of animals including an elephant, pelican

Lion
A detailed illustration of a grand male lion's head. Date: circa 1917

Film, Three Kings, A Tale of the Circus
British & Foreign Films, Three Kings, A Tale of the Circus, directed by Hans Steinoff Date: 1929

Novelty line drawing of a lion's head faces the Union Flag
The head is made up from the names of the Colonies - Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand and African Colonies. WW1 Date: circa 1915

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra
Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Date: circa 1863

The Lions of Delos, Greece
The Lions of Delos once graced the famous Terrace of the Lions on the sacred island of Delos, Greece. The Terrace of the Lions was dedicated to Apollo by the people of Naxos shortly before 600 BCE

Protest against Lions playing South Africa
Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstrators picketing in Twickenham to stop the British national rugby team playing against South Africa. Their placards read don't play with apartheid'. Date: c

Photograph taken from the middle of the terrace of the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column in the middle and Whitehall behind. Date: 1890s

SAINT PRISCA, a Roman virgin and martyr, may have been the wife of Aquila. Thrown to the lions, one licked her feet, and after her death her corpse was guarded by an eagle. Date: 3rd century

Lions by George Rankin

Feeding Time at the Zoo, the lions at London Zoo by Charles Howard

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