Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame photograoh as can many of his

as can many of his paintings

with some wear to the paint on the papier mache head (a chip on his nose and another on the back of the head)

of West Hoboken New Jersey-was (and I believe still is) a browning and seasoning sauce for soups

So many set ups in which this could be great

Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame photograoh as can many of hisAs with so many Victorian era drawings, this large pen and ink drawing of a lion was based on a published one with a little searching I identified the source, which appeared in "Real Pen Work: Self instruction in Penmanship, published in 1882. (Included as last photo.) The published one made use of Spencerian calligraphic flourishes for the fur of the lion but whoever created this drawing did their own thing, discarding the curlicues in favor of more