Lions in the Desert

{{short description|Painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner}}

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File:Lions in the Desert by Henry Ossawa Tanner - Renwick Gallery - DSC08398.JPG

Lions in the Desert is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, painted in 1897–98{{cite web

| url =http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=45463

| title =The Athenaeum - Lions in the Desert (Henry Ossawa Tanner - 1897-1898)

| publisher =Wadsworth Athenaeum

| location =Hartford CT

| accessdate =February 26, 2012

}}

during a visit to the Middle East.{{cite web

| url =http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23664

| title =Lions in the Desert

| work =Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

| publisher =Smithsonian Institution

| location =Washington, D.C.

| accessdate =February 26, 2012

}}