Montaigne and Tasso
Valentine de Milan, 1821
(via Art Inconnu)
The Tower Menagerie
“It may, however, be observed that in one point the disposition of the Tiger appears to be more cruel than that of the Lion; inasmuch as it is related, that he is not at all times satisfied with a single victim, but deals forth wholesale destruction, without mercy and without distinction, upon whatever may chance to be within the reach of his murderous talons.”
The Tower Menagerie