Lion, Tamer and Onlookers, Dramatic Old Real Photo Postcard crusty glaze Damage as evident and documented

Damage as evident and documented

and eyelashes visible

Signed on the underside and in very good condition

with general wear around the edges of the frame

Lion, Tamer and Onlookers, Dramatic Old Real Photo Postcard crusty glaze Damage as evident and documentedA wild feeling photograph in all senses, with this powerful lion looking on the verge of winning this fight and escaping its captivity. Based on the cage visible rear left, I presume a traveling menagerie or circus of some sort, and presume the shirtless man with back turned to the camera is the tamer of sorts. A cruel practice indeed, but the specificity and close framing of this image seems quite extraordinary to me in capturing the danger of it for