04 March 2010

Lions






George Wombwell a managerist, Highgate cemetery London. Wombwell began his menagerie by exhibiting two boa constrictor snakes which he wheeled around various pubs in London in Victorian times. His monument is of one of his lions Nero. A rival managerist also has a lion monument which is slightly smaller in Abney Park cemetery London (bottom photo.)

3 comments:

  1. Lyons must be popular. I have seen a couple big ones and then some little ornate ones either on doors or as smaller decorations...

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  2. Haha...*Lions...what the heck? I must still be sleeping...

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  3. Ha ha, yes they represent courage and strength too.

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