ID 1422597
Lot 8 | GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A Lion (A recumbent Lion)
soft-ground etching with roulette, on wove paper, without watermark, 1788, Lennox- Boyd's third, final, state, with the engraved address, a particularly fine impression, the dark sky resembling a mezzotint in its intensity, the roulette work used to establish the structure of the image in the foreground completely hidden by the subsequent soft-ground etching (this becomes visible in later, worn impressions), published by the artist, London, with margins, framed
Plate: 7 x 8 7/8 in. (178 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 8 ½ x 10 1/8 in. (215 x 258 mm.)
Literature
George Stubbs, The Complete Engraved Work, Lennox-Boyd et al., 76
| Artist: | George Stubbs (1724 - 1806) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | George Stubbs (1724 - 1806) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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