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'A Moment of Peril' by Thomas Brock 1880

A horse writhes in agony as a python-like snake wraps itself around the hind legs and brings it down.

The snake pulls back its head to attack the rider on horseback, an American Indian, who prepares to strike at it with his spear.

 

Bronze sculpture by Sir Thomas Brock (1847-1922), signed 'Thos. Brock Sculpt. London 1880' presented to The Tate Gallery, London in 1881.

 

Now in the gardens of Leighton House, Kensington and Chelsea, London, the former residence and studios of the painter Frederic Lord Leighton, PRA,

 

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Uploaded on June 8, 2017
Taken on April 23, 2017