A Lion Devouring a Horse
$500
GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
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.)