Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame photograoh it immediately reminded my of

it immediately reminded my of Andy Warhol's Coca Cola paintings and prints

Handmade boxes with surprise carved snakes inside seem to have become a thing right around 1900

and an early one--made by CC Shepherd c

5 1/2" X 3 5/16" and in very good condition

Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame photograoh it immediately reminded my ofAs with so many Victorian era drawings, this large pen and ink drawing of a lion was based on a published one with a little searching I identified the source, which appeared in "Real Pen Work: Self instruction in Penmanship, published in 1882. (Included as last photo.) The published one made use of Spencerian calligraphic flourishes for the fur of the lion but whoever created this drawing did their own thing, discarding the curlicues in favor of more