Staffordshire porcelain standing figure in Scottish Highland dress, one foot resting on head of dead lion, titled on base "The Lion Slayer."

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Object Details

Collection Creator
Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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Summary
The image is of Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, nicknamed "The Lion Hunter" or "The Lion Slayer." See Pugh, Gordon. Staffordshire portrait figures of the Victorian period, London, 1970, page 600 and illustration.
Extent
1 Item (Artifacts (object genre), 16.5 (height), 8 x 4 in. (base))
Date
1850
Container
Item Art024
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Libraries
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
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Record ID
ebl-1503510890585-1503510890663-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc255135028-6e9c-4269-9e56-924572232b5a
Staffordshire porcelain standing figure in Scottish Highland dress, one foot resting on head of dead lion, titled on base "The Lion Slayer."
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