George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815, Britishafter George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Title:
The Horse and Lion
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 15/16 x 21 13/16in. (45.5 x 55.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image at left, "G. Stubbs pinxit"; below image at center, "Published as the Act directs Septr 20th 1778 by J Wesson Litchfield Street St Anns."; below image at right, "G. Stubbs Jun fecit"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.36.1084
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
lions
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Engraved Work of George Stubbs (1724-1806) (The British Sporting Art Trust, 2005-07-25 - 2005-08-17)The Engraved Work of George Stubbs (1724-1806) (Ferens Art Gallery, 2005-09-24 - 2005-11-06)The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)