Lions in the Tower

1770–1827

Not on view

A man and woman confront caged lions with alarm. A Royal Menagerie had been housed at the Tower of London since the 14th century and remained active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Londoners could also visit a menateire at the Exeter Exchange, built next to Exeter House on the North side of the Strand around 1773.

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Provenance

Title: Lions in the Tower
Artist: Style of Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Date: 1770–1827
Medium: Pen and gray and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 7/16 in. (17.5 x 26.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.97.7(29)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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