KissAnne on Nostr: The Lion of Gripsholm Castle (18th century Sweden) is one of the worst examples of ...
The Lion of Gripsholm Castle (18th century Sweden) is one of the worst examples of taxidermy. In 1731 King Frederick I received a lion as a gift from Algiers. It was one of the 1st lions in Scandinavia. After its death, the taxidermist stuffed the lion. He had probably never seen a real lion and took some artistic liberties. Another theory suggests that he knew what a real lion looked like but chose to stuff it in a way that it resembled a heraldic lion found in the Swedish Coat of Arms #history
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