Jean Cocteau, Hollywood Sleep (Sommeil Hollywoodien), 1953, Oil on panel, 18 x 21.5 inches (46 x 54.8 cm.) Pompidou Centre, Paris

Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur. c. 1450-1470 The third sign: the gathering together of the fish and sea monsters. Treatise on Anti-Christ. Judgment, Heaven and Hell. Acquired by Douce in June 1832. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Maharaja Indian Chair

Tipu’s Tiger, a life-size, working mechanical organ. That happens to be shaped like a tiger eating a man. When cranked, you can hear the tiger growling happily as the man wails in agony. The  tiger automaton was made for Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore in South India from 1782-1799.

Tiger Growling at a Snake by Eugène Delacroix (1862)

Peter Beard Cheetah, 1960