Picture No | 10002253 |
Date | 1861 |
Description | Cartoon, The Lion of the Season (Paul du Chaillu) |
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Cartoon, The Lion of the Season. An alarmed flunkey introduces Mr Gorilla as the lion of the season, a satirical comment on the explorer Paul du Chaillu's book on equatorial Africa with its eyewitness account of gorillas.
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Source | Cartoon by John Leech in Punch, 25 May 1861, page 213 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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