Watercolour in an oval frame, 31.8cm by 24.8cm.
The subject matter is taken from Edmund Spenser’s 16th Century poem, ‘The Faerie Queen’.
Una meets the lion whilst on a quest to release her royal parents, who have been imprisoned by a ferocious dragon.
The fierce lion is enchanted by her beauty and innocence and decides that he will become her companion and protector, rather than eat her.
