FIGURE
Name/Title
FIGUREEntry/Object ID
420/5553Description
LION PIECE/CARVED/LATIN INSCRIPTION/"LION OF LUCERN" Latin inscription reads: "1892 To the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss" It is assumed this figure is in honor of the 100th anniversary of the revolutionaries storming the Tuileries Palace during the French Revolution, when Swiss guards were massacred (this is the event the Lion of Lucerne rock relief honors)Collection
ETHNOGRAPHIC/SWITZERLANDMade/Created
Date made
1892Place
Continent
EuropeEthnography
Cultural Region
Country
SwitzerlandCulture/Tribe
Swiss