Contending Group after Nature [A Lion Fighting a Tiger and a Leopard]

Provenance

The artist’s collection; (his sale, Christie’s London, 8 May 1874, part of no. 1014)[1]; Mrs. Mackenzie (the artist’s sister) [1809 – 1895], London; (her sale, Christie’s London, 10 December, 1895, as part of no. 115?). (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, until 1990); Private collection; (Guy Peppiatt, London); purchased by NGA, 2021 [1]Graves 1874, p. 7

Contending Group after Nature [A Lion Fighting a Tiger and a Leopard]

Landseer, Edwin, Sir

1822

Accession Number

2021.27.1

Medium

pen and black and brown ink with gray and brown wash over graphite on laid paper, mounted

Dimensions

sheet: 17.2 × 22.7 cm (6 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Connie Simmons and James D. Krugman