The Baron arrives at Ceylon, combats and conquers two extraordinary opponents

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

[1809], reissued 1811 · Hand-colored etching; reissue · Drawings and Prints

The Baron arrives at Ceylon, combats and conquers two extraordinary opponents — Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

The baron is on the ground at right while a crocodile swallows a lion at left.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg
Date
[1809], reissued 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching; reissue
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959