Fierce Collection (page 4)

Dancing to a bear, (1833). The dance is executed by a woman and consists of approaching and receding from the bear with great agility

East Indian leopard, 1750

Jack Curlings narrow escape from a ferocious bear, 1855. A engraving from the Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, (London, 1855)

Tiger, Lion And Leopard Hunt, 1616. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Tiger, Lion And Leopard Hunt, 1616. Found in the collection of the Musee des Beaux Arts, Rennes, France

Ostriches attacking a car, California, USA, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th January 1904

A hunter killed by a wild boar, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 8th December 1901

Tragic bullfight accident around Paris, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Tragic bullfight accident around Paris, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd October 1899

Tiger study, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1908-1909)

Lion attack, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Lion attack, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th September 1895

Jangseung, wooden totem poles, Korea, 1900. These figures were traditionally placed at the edge of a village to mark its boundary and to frighten away demons

Young Girls Carrying Water, c1881-1926. Artist: Etienne Dinet
Young Girls Carrying Water, c1881-1926

Theatre Scene, 1844. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Theatre Scene, 1844. From a private collection

Triceratops, a horned dinosaur, held down by a Tyrannosaur, c1920. Artists reconstruction of a fight between two giant reptiles of the Cretaceous epoch (99, 000, 000-65, 000, 000 years ago)

Bears Fighting, detail of Roman floor mosaic, from Utica, Tunisia, c3rd century. At Bardo Museum, Tunis

The Chimera Etruscan Bronze, 5th century BC. The Chimera of Arezzo is one of the best known examples of the art of the Etruscans

Dance-mask of Hanuman, Monkey-god hero of the Ramayana, Cambodia, 20th Century

Greek Pithos, (Jar) from Thebes, 7th century BC. Boetian, The Potkia Theron the Great Goddess of Nature. At National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Tibetan mask used in ritual dance, c9th century
This Tibetan mask is used in the ritual Black Hat dance, which is of pre-Buddhist origin, c9th century

Bronze lion figure from Nepal
A Nepalese bronze lion figure with a protective function

Malanggan figure, intended to decay with the dead

Detail of a Roman mosaic showing lions killing a boar, 2nd century

Wooden protective figure from the Nicobar islands to protect from evil spirits - note the boars tusks. Now in the Horniman Museum in London

The `Romano-British Corbridge Lion, 2nd century
The Corbridge Lion, from a Romano-British Tomb. Now at Corbridge Museum, Northumberland, 2nd century

Guardian deities at the doorway of a Buddhist temple, 16th century
Images of guardian deities at the doorway of a Buddhist temple at Telvatte in Sri Lanka, 16th century

Lion guardian on the steps of a Buddhist temple in Bangkok

Greek polychrome head of a serpent, c. 6th century BC
Polychrome head of a serpent, from a temple on the Acropolis. Now from the Acropolis Museums collection, c.6th century BC

Scythian crest for a horse, 5th century BC
Scythian crest for a horse in the shade of a gryphons head. From barrow two at Palyrk, Altai, in Russia. Currently at the Heritage Museum in Leningrad, 5th century BC

Carved head detail from a cart in the Oseburg Viking ship burial, 9th century
Carved head detail from a cart in the Oseburg Viking ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Nootka Sound Native American figure of a man wearing a bears skin, symbolising the concept of interchangability of human and bear, in a shamanistic/totemic setting

Spirit Mask from New Ireland
A mask of wood and bark fibre representing a spirit, used in Malanggan ceremonies

Tibetan gilt-bronze statuette of Mahakala

Sekhmet goddess with the head of a lioness, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt

Figure with knobbed headdress and robe, Pacheco Culture, Tiahuanaco, Peru, 600-1000. Figure standing on a tray bordered with painted Puma-Heads

Pottery Figure of standing woman, face painted with fret pattern, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2000BC-300. Chupicuaro: Pre-Clasic Period. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Snake Deity, Maya Culture, Mexico. British Museum

Pottery Bowl of an alligator with human arms devouring snakes, Chiriqui, Panama. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Head of Monster on Pot, from Ecuador, Pre Columbian. British Museum

Marble fragment of a lions head gargoyle, 5th century BC
Marble fragment of a lions head gargoyle, from the temple of Athena of Pisistratides. Now from the Acropolis Museums collection in Athens, 5th century BC

A Sop to Cerberus, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Sop to Cerberus, 1872. This cartoon shows Louis Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third Republic, and Leon Gambetta, the deputy for Marseilles

The Dogs of War, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Dogs of War, 1876. A Russian struggles to control a group of dogs, representing the Balkans, which are pulling at their leashes, eager to chase Murad V, the new Sultan of the Ottoman empire

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