Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Great Cave-Tiger by Ernest Prater
A striped tiger leaps with jaws open towards a human figure above the arena floor. The neighbouring narrative describes the chained cave-tigers used in the city’s cruel public spectacle.
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Ernest Prater (signed illustration). "The Great Cave-Tiger by Ernest Prater" [editorial title]. In The Lost Continent, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne. 1908 historical edition, 1908, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 125. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0540-0125
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Ernest Prater (signed illustration). The Great Cave-Tiger by Ernest Prater. The Lost Continent. Scan leaf 125. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0540-0125