Lions
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
A Lion Lying in the Grass, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a lion (female) lying in the grass in Africa in the early 20th century.
Drawing of a lion eating a donkey lying on the grass, 1870s-1930s
A black and white engraving of a lion biting the neck of a donkey who is lying on the grass.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 31 May 1901
Hagenbeck states that he will send Ewart a pair of black rats as soon as he is able to obtain them from the Zoological Gardens in Frankfurt. He is also sending him some photographs of the results of his male lion and tigress hybridisation experiments (not present).
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck (incomplete), 14 December 1900
Hagenbeck sends Ewart details and photographs (not present) of his cross breeding experiments with a lion and a tiger born at the Hagenpark in Hamburg in 1897. He is also attempting to cross a female leopard with a Bengal tiger.
The latter part of the letter is not present.
Man-eaters of Tsavo, 1870s-1930s
Illustration of Maasai tribe-members attacking a charging 'man-eating' lion with spears in Tsavo, Kenya, Africa in probably 1898.