Lions Collection (page 8)

Plate - Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it
Plate with embossed black rim. Inscribed - Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

87 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Inlaid silver and copper damascene work with a date tree surmounting a brass etched vignette of Rachels Tomb supported

Spithead Review cartoon 1897
A cartoon by Tenniel at the time of the Spithead Naval Review in honour of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. A British lion rows young lions from the colonies - Australia, New Zealand

British coins, two Elizabeth II shillings for 1956 and 1963. With two different lion, shield and crown designs on the reverse. Date: 1956, 1963

Bailiwick of Jersey coin, ten new pence
Bailiwick of Jersey, Elizabeth II coin, ten new pence. Date: 1968

Title page of De motu animalium
Engraved title page of De motu animalium. Source: De motu animalium - Joh. Alphonsi Borelli, Neapolitani matheseos professoris, De motu animalium... by Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso, 1608-1679

Hagenbeck Circus and Zoo in London
The sights and sounds of the Christmas season at Olympia, London: Carl Hagenbecks Circus and Zoo from Hamburg. Showing the annexe with sea elephants (sea lions), penguins, polar bears

1937 Coronation - spectators in Trafalgar Square
A section of the huge crowd in Trafalgar Square standing by the crush barrier after waiting all night to watch the Coronation procession of King George VI

Gays Lion Farm, El Monte, California, USA, showing Mrs Gay feeding the lion cub Bamboola with milk from a bottle. Date: 20th century

Decorations in London for the 1911 Coronation
The finishing touch to the festivities for the coronation of King George V in 1911. A workman adjusts one of the heraldic lions in Whitehalls beautiful scheme of decoration

South Africa - Panoramic View over Cape Town Date: circa 1901

Joseph Chamberlain as a Lion Tamer, taming his various opponents and enemies, named as the Radicals, the opposition Press and the Boer African Lion (bearing a suspicious likeness to Paul Kruger)

Coronation of King Haakon VII of Norway - Flag
The coronation of King Haakon VII (1872-1957) of Norway in 1905. Date: 1905

Tierpark Hagenbeck - Cross-bred Lion-Tigers
Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) founded Germanys most successful privately owned zoo, the Tierpark Hagenbeck which moved to its present location in Hamburg-Stellingen in 1907

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

Male Kenyan Lion Date: 1940s

Painting by Paul Meyerheim of a fine lion. Date: circa 1905

Trafalgar Square at night - London, England Date: 1909

Britannia Tubular Bridge - Menai Straits
Britannia Tubular Bridge - between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales over the Menai Straits. It was originally designed and built by Robert Stephenson. Date: circa 1910s

Guardian Lion - Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits (designed by Robert Stephenson). The four large lions were sculpted in limestone by John Thomas. Date: circa 1910s

New York Worlds Fair - Entrance to the British Pavilion
New York Worlds Fair of 1939 - Entrance to the British Pavilion, flanked (on this card) by inset portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Date: 1939

British Empire Exhibition guide 1925 lions at steps Date: 1925

Bronze lantern (1st-3rd c. ). Roman art. Early
Bronze lantern (1st-3rd c.). Roman art. Early Empire. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology

SPAIN. Bilbao. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

CROATIA. SPLIT. Split. Cathedral of St. Duje. Entrance gate into the cathedral. Lions

Court of Lions, Alhambra
Fountain at the Court of Lions (Patio de los Leones) at the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain

Cybeles Fountain, Madrid
Cybeles Fountain (1782), designed by Ventura Rodriguez. Sculpture on marble

At Persepolis

Hand-coloured woodcut depicting St. Jerome in his study wit
" Hand-coloured woodcut depicting St. Jerome in his study with symbol of lion in foreground. From: Biblia dudesch | Halberstadt Bible." Date: 1522

Lion Brewery Company, ales and stouts, Lambeth, London, 1903 Date: 1903

An animal keeper feeding raw meat to lions in a circus cage as spectators watch. Date c1891

Farce of the lions at stone bridge. Date 1904

The lion family. Date c1874

Sea lions

Torbole - Lake Garda, Italy - Goethe memorial tablet
In the end of the 1786 summer Goethe, starting his travels in Italy, stopped in Torbole, leaving in his writings a longing and passionate recollection of the town

The World of Animal Life book front cover
Book jacket for The World of Animal Life featuring silhouettes of a lion and monkeys. 1910

Lion in a cage at Circus Altenburg. Landskrona Sweden 1955. Date: 1955

Entrance to the Arsenal - Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Lion holds Union Jack
A Liverpool zoo lion, named Rex, holds a Union Jack in his mouth. 1935

Winged Lion on the Basilica Di San Marco
A golden statue of the lion of St Mark holding the gospels on the front of the Basilica of St Mark in St Marks Square, Venice

WWI postcard by George Ranstead - the British lion
Hand drawn postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead, featuring an angry looking British lion. circa 1916

Kruger Park, Transvaal
Lions in Kruger Park, Transvaal. circa 1930s

Studies of lions -- male, female, and a cub

Vic Visits Wombwells
WOMBWELLs MENAGERIE Queen Victoria and the royal family visit the lions. Date: 1847

Acrobats Falls / Lion Cage
Two acrobats fall into the lions cage, Paris. The lions are scared which makes them attack the uninvited visitors, although their tamer tries to keep them under control. Date: 1907

Lion Tamer & Docile Lion
A lion tamer stands with one foot resting on his docile charge. Date: 19th century

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Huntley and Palmers Christmas advertisement
Advertisement for Huntley and Palmers, the first name you think of in biscuits showing a snowy Trafalgar Square in central London

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