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Prints and Drawings
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Creator
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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Date
1795
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl
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Period
18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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graphite
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red chalk
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iron gall ink
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pen
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black chalk
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laid paper
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squaring (transferring technique)
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drawing
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Genre
figure study
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Subject Terms
anatomical study
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anatomy
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figure study
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tail (hanging)
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tiger
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tigers
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animal
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cat (domestic cat)
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side
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skeleton
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ribs
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body
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ribs, groin
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Panthera tigris (species)
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legs
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skin
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Exhibition History
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
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William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-02-14 - 2019-05-20)
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An Introduction to George Stubbs (MK Gallery, 2019-10-11 - 2020-01-26)
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An Introduction to George Stubbs (National Horse Racing Museum, 2019-06-27 - 2019-09-29)
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Fearful of Symmetry: The Art of George Stubbs, painter of the Enlightenment (Hall & Knight Ltd., 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-28)
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Fierce Friends - Artists & Animals in the Industrial Era, 1750-1920 (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2006-03-25 - 2006-08-27)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Study for the key figure to Table IV)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Finished Drawing for Unpublished Table; Shows the Third Stage in Dissection)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study for an unpublished table; shows a late stage in dissection)
between 1795 and 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Shows the third stage in dissection)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing for a key figure)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Recumbent, Viewed Ventrally
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study of the upper layers of muscles and their blood supply prepared for the key figure to Table XIV)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study of the muscles for the key figure to Table IX)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger, Lateral View (Outline Study of the Surface Blood Supply, Prepared for the Key Figure to Table IX)
between 1795 and 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Probably made as the basis for a key figure)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral view (Study of the muscles exposed at the third stage of dissection)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably the master study of the skeleton)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Outline study of the surface muscles and their blood supply, probably made for a key figure)
1795 to 1806
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study of the fourth stage of dissection showing the deeper muscles)
1795 to 1806