Thomas Landseer, J. & H. L. Hunt, and others
Cover for “Lions and Tigers”
1822
Scroll
- Artist: Thomas Landseer
- Publisher: J. & H. L. Hunt
- Publisher: John Landseer
Cover for “Lions and Tigers”
1822
Physical Qualities
Engraving, 245 × 314 mm. (9 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.10442
"Twenty engravings of lions, tigers, panthers, & leopards, by Tho. Landseer from originals by Stubbs, Rubens, Rembrant, Reydinger, Spilsbury, & Edwin Landseer, with an essay on the carnivora by J. La[ndseer]"; cover plus twenty engravings. Incomplete set in Lucas collection.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: title across page; in image, lower left, in plate "E.Landseer delt."; in image, lower center, in plate "Pubd. 2. June 1823 by I. & H.L. Hunt Bond Strt. & J.Landseer Foley Strt. London."; in image, lower right, in plate "T.Landseer sc."
Markings: none
