Can we talk about how in at least in the 1840s, at least most people sort of knew what lions looked like, as opposed to the 1600s and such when we have gross misrepresentations of Barbary lions and hippos and rhinos and things in Baroque art because they’re based on descriptions of things from classical literature and “I saw this fantastic creature on a trading expedition!” letters and things? Because this is an actual thing in art history and it needs to be discussed.