Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835, Britishafter James Northcote, 1746–1831, BritishPublished by James Daniell, active ca. 1780–1820, British
Title:
Lion and Snake
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, etching, and roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 24 inches (48.9 × 61 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower center: "LION & SNAKE"; lower left: "J.Northcote RA Pinx."; lower center: "London Published Sept. [...] 1799 by James [...]"; lower right: "S.W.Reynolds fculpt."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.36.749
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | fighting | lion | snake
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
Publications:
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, pp. 33, 47, no. 72, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 103, 104, fig. 96, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA)Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)