Dancer and trained bear, 10th century

Woman dancing in front of a bear chained to its master but scourged to attack, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Chains Pastimes Scourge Strutt Trained

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