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A Lion (A recumbent Lion)
Details
GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
A Lion (A recumbent Lion)
soft-ground etching with roulette, on wove paper, without watermark, 1788, Lennox- Boyd's third, final, state, with the engraved address, a particularly fine impression, the dark sky resembling a mezzotint in its intensity, the roulette work used to establish the structure of the image in the foreground completely hidden by the subsequent soft-ground etching (this becomes visible in later, worn impressions), published by the artist, London, with margins, framed
Plate: 7 x 8 7⁄8 in. (178 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 8 ½ x 10 1⁄8 in. (215 x 258 mm.)
A Lion (A recumbent Lion)
soft-ground etching with roulette, on wove paper, without watermark, 1788, Lennox- Boyd's third, final, state, with the engraved address, a particularly fine impression, the dark sky resembling a mezzotint in its intensity, the roulette work used to establish the structure of the image in the foreground completely hidden by the subsequent soft-ground etching (this becomes visible in later, worn impressions), published by the artist, London, with margins, framed
Plate: 7 x 8 7⁄8 in. (178 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 8 ½ x 10 1⁄8 in. (215 x 258 mm.)
Literature
George Stubbs, The Complete Engraved Work, Lennox-Boyd et al., 76
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Nathalie Ferneau
Head of Sale, Junior Specialist
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