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Tiger with Bird in Its Mouth
Public Domain

Auguste Lançon, Alfred Salmon, and others

Tiger with Bird in Its Mouth

c. 1880

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Tiger with Bird in Its Mouth

c. 1880

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 251 × 328 mm. (9 7/8 × 12 15/16 in.) Plate: 209 × 280 mm. (8 1/4 × 11 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "Les Animaux Chez Eux"
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 1996.48.12675
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: in image, lower center, in plate "Aug. Lançon"; below image, lower left, in plate "A. Lançon del. et aqua f."; below image, lower center, in plate "L. Baschet Ed."; below image, lower right, in plate "Imp. A. Salmon"

Markings: none

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