Social:Lion of Gripsholm Castle
The Lion of Gripsholm Castle is a notable example of bad taxidermy located in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden. The Lion is badly stuffed and is considered to have a comically deformed face.[1]
In 1731, the dey of Algiers presented King Frederick I of Sweden with a lion, one of the first lions in Scandinavia.[2] When alive, the lion was kept in a cage near Junibacken. When the lion died, it was stuffed and mounted; however, the taxidermist and the museum-keepers had never actually seen a lion before, and did not know how they were supposed to look.[3] The taxidermist mostly based the reconstruction off of historic artwork of lions. As a result, the mount was especially anatomically inaccurate, most apparent in its face.
In the 21st century, the badly-stuffed lion has been widely mocked.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "Hilariously Bad Corpse Taxidermy". Buzzfeed. 18 August 2011. https://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/hilariously-bad-lion-taxidermy.
- ↑ "Le lion empaillé de Gripsholm". La Boite Verte. 28 March 2011. http://www.laboiteverte.fr/le-lion-empaille-de-gripsholm/.
- ↑ "The Greatest Castles in Sweden: Uncovering Magical Swedish Castles". Exploring Castles. http://www.exploring-castles.com/castles_in_sweden.html#gripsholm_lion.
- ↑ "Bad taxidermy: The lion at the castle of Gripsholm". Doobybrain. http://www.doobybrain.com/2011/08/17/bad-taxidermy-the-lion-at-the-castle-of-gripsholm/.
- ↑ "The lion of Gripsholm's castle". http://www.ulrikagood.com/2011/04/lion-of-gripshoms-castle.html.
- ↑ "The stuffed lion of Gripsholm's Castle". http://www.eversostrange.com/2011/03/27/the-stuffed-lion-of-gripsholms-castle/.
- ↑ "18th Century Taxidermy Unkind to Noble Lion". 11 April 2011. http://www.geekosystem.com/lion-taxidermy/.
- ↑ "The Lion of Gripsholm Castle". Mentalfloss. 12 April 2011. http://mentalfloss.com/article/27487/lion-gripsholm-castle.
- ↑ "Lejonet på Gripsholms Slott". Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lejonet-p%C3%A5-Gripsholms-Slott/113607498385.
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