GEORGE STUBBS A Tyger (or A Recumbant Leopard by a Tree).
Etching, soft-ground etching, engraving and roulette, 1788. 255x330 mm; 10 1/8x13 1/8 inches. Published by the artist, London. Wide margins 3 sides, thread margin lower margin. A superb, dark, richly-inked impression of this exceedingly scarce print, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear, with all the details and tonal nuances distinct.
We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. Lennox-Boyd 74.
