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Photographic
Early photographs of Creswell Crags are to be found on the Picture the Past website: www.picturethepast.org.uk/
The photograph on the right by J W Jackson shows Creswell Crags from the east end in about 1874 before Millward Brook was dammed.
The Creswell Heritage Trust websites includes photographs of the caves during excavation. Click on www.creswell-crags.org.uk/index.html and follow the links.
Artistic
The artist Stubbs did a series of magnificent pictures of a horse and lion against the background of the Crags. These are held in the Tate Gallery:
- A Grey Hunter with a Groom and a Greyhound at Creswell Crags, circa 1762-4 (N01452)
- Horse Devoured by a Lion, exhibited in 1763 ( T02058)
- Horse Frightened by a Lion , exhibited 1763 ( T06869)
- Horse Attacked by a Lion, 1769 (T01192)
- A Horse Attacked by a Lion (A Lion Devouring a Horse), published 1788 (T03843)
Other local views of Creswell Crags are to be found in local art galleries and museums.