An 18thC Engraved Representation of the Wild Beast of Gévaudan by John Bayly c.1765 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Depth: 19” (at extremities and

Depth: 19” (at extremities and open)

The very first Wall of Death purportedly appeared at Coney Island Amusement Park in New York in 1911 with the first perpendicular walled version surfacing from around 1915

) to the top half of the canvas around the figure and some areas of paint loss to the lower left hand corner of the work

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It is ironic now that this type of paintwork is more prized commercially than a mahogany piece of this period

An 18thC Engraved Representation of the Wild Beast of Gévaudan by John Bayly c.1765 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Depth: 19” (at extremities andOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1765Height: 11. 75Width: 13. 75 (in frame)The very scarce engraving by John Bayly (1755 1782 (fl.), showing a representation of a beast resembling a wolf with a large head, said to have devoured more than 80 persons in the Gvaudan, after a drawing submitted to the Intendant of Alenon in 1765, lettered with a title in English and French and surviving from the very early George III period.