Le Lion (The Lion)
in or before 1869
Gustave Doré
Artist, French, 1832 - 1883
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on laid paper (facing _Le Lion_ by Leon Cladel)
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Credit Line
Gift of Richard A. Simms, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 14.8 x 21.9 cm (5 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
page size: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.26.1.g
Associated Artworks
See all 42 artworksSonnets et Eaux-Fortes (Sonnets and Etchings)
Alphonse Lemerre
1869
La Mer (The Sea)
Léon Gaucherel
1869
La Pivoine (The Peony)
Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
1869
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 158-159, color repro.
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Peony by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart after Judith Mendès.
Inscriptions
upper center in plate: G Dore.
Wikidata ID
Q74887816