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Lion in Love Photographic Postcard
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Lion in Love Photographic Postcard
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1928 Photographic postcard presenting La Fontaine's moral from "The Lion in Love: "One can say: Farewell, prudence! " $5 from an unknown source, Feb., '22.
What a tribute to romantic love! A gentleman languishes in a chaise with medication nearby and a blanket on his legs. He has fallen, I guess, to the seduction of love. The short quotation is the finish of La Fontaine's fable on the lion who let his teeth and claws be removed so that he could marry a young woman. Once those were gone, the young woman's father began clubbing him - Date
- 1928
- Source
- $5 from an unknown source, Feb., '22.
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- Carlson Fable Collection