A Tigress
1772
Artist, British, c. 1740 - 1811

Artwork overview
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Medium
mezzotint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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