Lysimachus thrown into the Den of a Lion by Edward Francis Burney

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Grey wash drawing of a man fleeing a snarling lion toward a barred cage with onlookers, skull and bones on the ground.

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A grey-toned drawing shows a muscular man in a flowing cloak and sandals fleeing a snarling, maned lion at left, while several figures watch from behind iron bars at right. A skull and bones lie on the ground in the foreground. The work is a drawing by Edward Francis Burney, catalogued as Lysimachus thrown into the Den of a Lion.

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