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Hand-coloured lithograph with a central lion, a helmeted woman, and many small scenes of crowds, ships, a dinner table, and a sleeping figure.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator, and a paddle-steamer blowing up on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].

A hand-coloured lithograph crowded with vignettes around a central lion beneath a helmeted woman holding a shield, with a rooster and coiling tentacle-like forms. Edge scenes show a crowd before classical buildings, a seated dinner party, ships with smoke on water, a uniformed seated man, and a reclining sleeper.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1844
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2900 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1844.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Astronomía: escenas apocalípticas con un león y viñetas, litografía coloreada

Una litografía coloreada a mano llena de viñetas alrededor de un león central, bajo una mujer con casco que sostiene un escudo, con un gallo y formas enroscadas parecidas a tentáculos. Las escenas del borde muestran una multitud ante edificios clásicos, una cena sentada, barcos con humo sobre el agua y un hombre uniformado.

Português: Astronomia: cenas apocalípticas com um leão e vinhetas, litogravura colorida

Uma litogravura colorida à mão, repleta de vinhetas em torno de um leão central, sob uma mulher de capacete que segura um escudo, com um galo e formas enroladas semelhantes a tentáculos. As cenas da borda mostram uma multidão diante de edifícios clássicos, um jantar sentado, navios com fumaça na água e um homem uniformizado.

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