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Title: Lion and Lioness (2)
Item Name: Sculpture
Maker: John Cheere (1709-87)
Description:
Year: 1770 (c)
Materials: Bronzed plaster (over-gilded)
ID_Number: CHS 44
Item Name: Sculpture
Maker: John Cheere (1709-87)
Description:
This item is in the Burton Constable Hall collections and is included on this database by kind permission of the Burton Constable Foundation. This record shows the image of the Lioness. Cheere not only produced the Lion and the Lioness as bronzed plaster figures but also marketed full-scale lions in lead, fine examples of which can be seen at Castle Hill in Devon. See the previous record for the image of the Lion.
Year: 1770 (c)
Materials: Bronzed plaster (over-gilded)
ID_Number: CHS 44