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Hand-coloured lithograph with a central lion, a helmeted woman, and many small scenes of crowds, ships, a dinner table, and a sleeping figure.

Astronomy: apocalyptic scenes with a lion and vignettes, coloured lithograph

A hand-coloured lithograph crowded with vignettes around a central lion beneath a helmeted woman holding a shield, with a rooster and coiling tentacle-like forms. Edge scenes show a crowd before classical buildings, a seated dinner party, ships with smoke on water, a uniformed seated man, and a reclining sleeper.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1844
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2900 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1844.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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