The Repast of the Lion Painting - Enhanced Art Print 1874 this picture was executed expressly

this picture was executed expressly for lithographic reproduction in a pamphlet of the same title published in Philadelphia in 1859

Artist: Joseph Bartholomew Kidd (1808–1889)

wrote the text of the pamphlet and lithographed the image

The lion and his companion

The Repast of the Lion Painting - Enhanced Art Print 1874 this picture was executed expresslyAbout the art: This work was probably shown in the Salon d'Automne of 1907, but it treats a theme that Rousseau first explored in Surprised! of 1891 (National Gallery, London). He based the exotic vegetation of his many jungle pictures on studies that he made in Pariss botanical gardens, and adapted the wild beasts from popular ethnographic journals and illustrated children's books. Rousseaus nickname, "le Douanier," derives from his job as a customs