Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British
Title:
A Lion
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (24.1 × 30.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "86"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.92
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
lions | lion | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christopher Plumb, The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London, I.B. Tauris, London, 2015, p. 121, fig. 5, QL73.G72 L667 2015
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18284