A Tigress, 1772

Not on View

Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

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

Accession Number

2001.96.2

Artists / Makers

John Dixon (artist) British, c. 1740 - 1811

George Stubbs (artist after) British, 1724 - 1806

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

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.