The Dead Lioness
- Title
- The Dead Lioness
- Actual Title
- How are the mighty fallen
- Artist
- Heywood Hardy
- Artist Full Name
- Heywood Hardy (1842-1933)
- Type
- engraving
- Size (HxW mm)
- 353.1 x 491
- Current Location
- Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam, Iconographia Zoologica: Box 78: 181.02.01.021
- Lent By
- E. Armitage, Esq., R.A.
- Catalog Number
- 216
- Catalog Page
- 24
- Curators Notes
- The engraving from the Illustrated London News (25 September 1875) is, in all likelihood, a copy of the painting listed in the catalog.
- Alt-Text
- A drawing of two large vultures perched on the body of a fallen lion, with wings spread and feathers ruffled, set against a barren landscape.
- Image Credit
- Public domain / Hathi Trust