ID 1422610
Lot 3 | GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
A Lion Devouring a Horse
soft-ground etching with roulette, on wove paper, without watermark, 1788, Lennox- Boyd's first state (of three), before the address in the lower margin, a fine, early impression, the softground etching (employed here extensively for the first time by the artist) printing with great variety of texture and tone, particularly to the dense foliage upper right and the distant landscape lower left, published by the artist, London, with margins, in very good condition, framed
Plate: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (276 x 352 mm.)
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 16 ¼ in. (314 x 413 mm.)
Literature
George Stubbs, The Complete Engraved Work, Lennox-Boyd et al., 71
| 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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