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A Tyger (A Recumbent Leopard by a Tree)
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A Tyger (A Recumbent Leopard by a Tree)

May 1, 1788

Medium

Etching with roulette work; first and only state

Dimensions

10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33.0 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About George Stubbs

1724–1806United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom

Stubbs was a popular painter of horses and dogs who enjoyed many commissions in London throughout the second half of the 18th century. He was elected R.A. in 1781, but this title was removed as he declined to submit a diploma picture. Comment on works: Animals, Sporting