A black-and-white photograph of an elaborately dressed woman lying on the ground with a person in a lion costume lying over her back.

Gloria Swanson in the Lion's Den - Fantasy Sequence from "Male and Female"

Karl Struss (1886-1981)

Date

1919
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 6 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.
Mount: 11 7/8 x 14 in.
Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 in.
Inscriptions

Print recto:
signed l.l.: Karl Struss 1919
embossed: KARL STRUSS
Print verso:
stamped: PHOTOGRAPHED BY \ KARL STRUSS \ Famous Players - Lasky Corp. \ HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
stamped: KARL STRUSS
Mount recto:
signed l.r.: Karl Struss.
dated: 1919
Mount verso:
stamped: PHOTOGRAPHED BY \ KARL STRUSS \ HOLLYWOOD :: CALIFORNIA
Collection Name

Karl Struss Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1983.23.171
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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