ID 1422626
Lot 7 | GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Two Dogs
soft-ground etching with roulette, on wove paper, without watermark, 1788, Lennox- Boyd's only state, exceptionally rare (no examples are known to have appeared at auction in the last four decades), a fine impression, printing with great subtlety, framed
Plate: 7 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (181 x 232 mm.)
Sheet: 10 ¼ x 12 ¼ in (260 x 311 mm.)
Provenance
The British Museum (L. 302), 1914, with their duplicate stamp (L. 305)
Literature
George Stubbs, The Complete Engraved Work, Lennox-Boyd et al., 75
| 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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