Two Tygers

GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806) Two Tygers soft-ground etching with roulette, on wove paper, without watermark, 1788, Lennox- Boyd's third, final, state, with the engraved inscription at the lower edge, a fine, early impression, the soft-ground etching describing the dark background printing strongly, the highlights bright on the tiger in the foreground, published by the artist, London, with margins, framed Plate: 10 x 12 7⁄8 in. (254 x 327 mm.) Sheet: 10 ¼ x 13 1⁄8 in. (259 x 333 mm.)