[The funeral of the lioness] [graphic]

Description

Title: [The funeral of the lioness] [graphic]
Creator: Gilles, printmaker
Published / Created: [1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: G.G. and J. Robinson
Description: Title assigned by cataloger based on letterpress text below.
Publication information extrapolated from that of Walpole's Works.
Head-piece illustration to a verse by Horace Walpole with caption title: The funeral of the lioness : a fable imitated from La Fontaine.
Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London, 1798, v. 4, page 377.
Watermark: 1797.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10 x 12 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Allegorical prints
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Camels
Lions
Subjects: Camels
Lions
England > London > 1798

Access: Public
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