Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame photograoh Handmade boxes with surprise carved

Handmade boxes with surprise carved snakes inside seem to have become a thing right around 1900

Also included are his study notes

with some wear to the paint on the papier mache head (a chip on his nose and another on the back of the head)

5 1/2" X 3 5/16" and in very good condition

Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame photograoh Handmade boxes with surprise carvedAs with so many Victorian era drawings, this large pen and ink drawing of a lion was based on a published one with a little searching I identified the source, which appeared in "Real Pen Work: Self instruction in Penmanship, published in 1882. (Included as last photo.) The published one made use of Spencerian calligraphic flourishes for the fur of the lion but whoever created this drawing did their own thing, discarding the curlicues in favor of more