Man and animals, then and now by W.B. Fagan. Location: Nobel House (formerly the headquarters of ICI), Northwestern corner of Millbank and Horseferry Road, London SW1. This panel is paired with a panel depicting a primitive man chewing on an animal hide to soften it while a woman in the background scrapes the fat off the skin. Click on photograph to enlarge it.

On the left women and children hide in a cave while the men attack an elephant or mammoth. On the right a scene of sheep herding and shearing.

Subjects of Door Panels

Photographs and caption by Robert Freidus al purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]


Created 1 June 2013

Last modified 28 January 2020