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Lion and Snake after Nature

Thomas Landseer, Edgar Ashe Spilsbury, and others

Lion and Snake after Nature

1822

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Lion and Snake after Nature

1822

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 247 × 314 mm. (9 3/4 × 12 3/8 in.) Plate: 164 × 211 mm. (6 7/16 × 8 5/16 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 1996.48.10449
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: below image, lower left, in plate "E. Spilsbury delt."; below image, center, in plate "Lion & Snake after Nature."; below image, lower right, in plate "T. Landseer sculpt."

Markings: none

Artist

Thomas Landseer

1794–1879

English, 1795-1880
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Artist

Edgar Ashe Spilsbury

1799–1827

British, active 1800 - 1828
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Publisher

J. & H. L. Hunt

1819–1824

British, actve c. 1820 - 1825
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Publisher

John Landseer

1768–1851

British, 1769 - 1852
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