May 02, 2019 - Sale 2507

Sale 2507 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 45,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 70,000 - $ 100,000
GEORGE STUBBS
Two Tygers (or A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard).

Etching, soft-ground etching, engraving and roulette, 1788. 257x330 mm; 10 1/4x13 1/8 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 3). Published by the artist, London. A brilliant, dark, richly-inked impression of this exceedingly scarce print, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear.

We have found only 2 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Lennox-Boyd 72.