#the lion of gripsholm castle

[snailspng]

wow wowie wow wait ! t'es français.e ?

Non. I'm from the country responsible for this

[dungeonfloof]

same picture

[nostalgiavoid]

[uncommon-nettle]

[tofuingho]

I'd love to see a comic with a super cute story where all the characters look like terrible taxidermy. Like the Lion of Gripsholm Castle.

I don't know why, but it'd be fantastic

[semenrussellbeale]

best friends

[spider-artdump]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

King Frederick of Sweden received a lion as a gift and was so proud of him, that in 1731, when he died, the king wanted him preserved, but there was no taxidermist available, so he began to decay. They finally found one who likely had never seen a lion before, so this is what the king received back. To this day, King Frederik's Lion can be seen at Gripsholm Castle, a former royal residence that is now a museum in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden.

The taxidermist based his work on a Lion of Medieval Art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Gripsholm_Castle

[achildsfirstsorrow]

Whenever I think about Cherik my mind always conjures up the image of the terribly taxidermied Lion of Gripsholm Castle, which is fitting I guess.

[n-e-moe]

※ I made these as model sheets for something I wanted to draw a little more dynamic later on, before I forgot about them and left them to rot in my folder. Side bar: I learned Jubilee is apparently a vampire currently. That's neat. Side bar beside the side bar: Beast's design is based on the Lion of Gripsholm Castle. Even sider bar: Wolverine is short.

[northchef]

Went to visit the One True King today, the lion of Gripsholm Castle.

Many stories surround this epically bad example of taxidermy, ranging from the taxidermist never having seen a lion before and only receiving the bones and skin, to the idea that the result, meant to be viewed from the side, is made to resemble a heraldic lion, making the final result no less of an insult to lion-kind.

Amazing, five stars.

[semenrussellbeale]

Another Halloween, another creepy paper mâché mask done. I'm going as The Lion of Gripsholm Castle

[nkp1981]

"The Lion of Gripsholm Castle" is a poorly taxidermied lion from 18th-century Sweden

[excalculus]

The Lion of Gripsholm Castle

[littlerabbitpng]

Had the most horrible dream last night.

I was standing in the hallway outside my bedroom with my mother and dog. My dog, Milo, was begging for me to play with him. So, I reached down and scooped him up into my arms.

What happened next is hard to explain. Essentially, I started using my dog as a hula-hoop; whipping him around my body at various heights and speeds. I can't provide any further clarity as to what had happened, as it was just one big blur of motion.

When I set Milo down, he was completely disfigured. It looked as though his spine had twisted around itself. He was a mess of exposed muscle and organs - a bundle of bloody fur on shaking paws.

His face was horrible. He looked like that one atrocious taxidermied lion, from Gripsholm Castle. His breathing was exceptionally labored, he sounded like he was in agony. A cacophony of death rattle and agonal breathing.

I was mortified. I stood in shock staring at my beloved Milo, reduced to a distorted mass of a creature. All the while my mother is laughing hysterically.

I desperately tried to communicate with her, to convince her that we needed to get him to the Emergency Room; we needed to save him from this horrible sin I had committed. But she was too busy laughing to listen to me.

The dream ended when she finally calmed down enough to assure me he would return to normal with time. I was so shocked by her response that I woke up. It was just past midnight. I still needed to sleep for five more hours.

If anyone is into dream analysis, feel free to drop your interpretation below! As far as I can tell, no one on the internet has experienced anything remotely similar to "Dog hula-hoop disfigurement". Milo, I love you. I would never do that to you. :-(

[onlinebiblecommentary]

Things will get ugly if we aren’t sure what a lion looks like. 

The Gripsholm Castle, in Sweden, is home to the world’s oldest portrait gallery. This might be of interest to some art enthusiasts, but there’s something else in this castle you’d never forget seeing. Inside of a glass box in Gripsholm’s upper armory, there is an 18th century stuffed lion. This lion, nicknamed “Leo,” is a […] https://www.abiblecommentary.com/blog/2024/12/23/things-will-get-ugly-if-we-arent-sure-what-a-lion-looks-like/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr