Lion Defending its Prey
c. 1840
Painter, British, 1802 - 1873
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on paper on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 25.1 x 32.4 cm (9 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
framed: 42.6 x 54.9 x 4.8 cm (16 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2004.166.26
More About this Artwork
Sir Edwin Landseer, The Connoisseurs: Portrait of the Artist with two Dogs, before Jun 1865, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Michael Harvard, London); purchased early 1970s by Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst and Pittsburgh; gift 2004 to NGA.
Associated Names
Wikidata ID
Q20186739