Staffordshire Figurine-"Death of the Lion Queen"

Staffordshire Figurine-"Death of the Lion Queen"

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Staffordshire Figurine

"Death of the Lion Queen" 

Ellen Eliza Blight (1833–1850), also known as Helen Bright, was an English lion tamer, known as "The Lion Queen", who was killed by a tiger while working in her uncle George Wombwell's menagerie, aged 17. Her shocking death made her a media sensation.

17" High, Flatback, Glazed Earthenware

circa 1860's