A Tigress

1772

John Dixon

Artist, British, c. 1740 - 1811

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 48.1 x 58.4 cm (18 15/16 x 23 in.)
    sheet: 53.5 x 60.3 cm (21 1/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
    overall (mat size): 66 x 86.4 cm (26 x 34 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.96.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lennox-Boyd, Dixon, Clayton, no. 33, State i/iv


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Mezzotint Exhibition, C.G. Boerner Inc., New York, 2002, no catalogue.

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1989

  • Lennox-Boyd, Christopher, Rob Dixon, and Timothy Clayton. George Stubbs: the Complete Engraved Works. London, 1989.

2001

  • C. G. Boerner Ltd. Mezzotints from the Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. London, 2001: no. 31.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite below plate: Stubbs Pinxit; by later hand, lower right in plate below image: J. Dixon Fecit; by later hand, lower center verso: L.c. IXL / C2B/L / PH524; lower center verso in graphite: P11524

Watermarks

IHS with cross and nails

Wikidata ID

Q76346278


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