Engravings of Lions, Tigers, Panthers and Leopards

No. XX

Three small Lions, on a single Plate; forming a sort of tail-piece, and bringing up the rear of our carnivorous procession.

This plate exhibits three different VARIETIES. The Lion of Senegal, nearly in profile, reclined, but under the influence of some slight degree of irritation; the black-maned Lion of Africa; and the common Lioness of Asia, regaling herself on a dead bird.

The upper and lower subjects, are after Ridinger. The African Lion, in the middle, is originally from Rembrandt, but has passed through the medium of an indifferent Etching by Picart; and, like the rest, has finally been corrected by a reference to Nature.—We believe it was corrected from the specimen that was some few years ago presented to Lady Castlereagh; which was exhibited at Exeter ’Change, and of which Mr. Edwin Landseer and Mr. Thomas Christmas had the post-obit reversion.