Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Title:
Study for a Tiger and Monkeys
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, brown wash and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 13 7/8 inches (30.5 x 35.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "130"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center left: "45"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "NORTHCOTE, JAS.: TiGER"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.15.1
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
birds | animals | tiger | monkeys (animals) | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 149-50, fig. 124, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11287