Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish

after George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Title:
A Tigress
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite upper center: "D D"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.36.1090
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
tigers | tiger | tigress | rocks (landforms) | plants | forest | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)

Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
Publications:
A Zebra, a tigress and a cheetah : new light on Geirge Stubbs's exotic animal subjects, British Art Journal, Vol. 15, Autumn 2014, p. 101, pl. 2, N6761 B74 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, p. 47, no. 78, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20993