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- Title:
A Horse Affrighted by a Lion
- Date:
- 1777
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 inches (37.5 × 48.3 cm), Image: 13 1/2 × 18 1/8 inches (34.3 × 46.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower center: "Engraved and Painted by GEORGE STUBBS. | Publifhed as the Act directs, 25th. Sepr. 1777, by GEO:STUBBS, No.24 Somerfet Street, Portman Square, London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.36.1080
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- frightened | horse (animal) | lion | lions | rocks (landforms)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20983
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Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA) [YCBA]