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Tiger Resting in the Desert

A work made of etching on white china paper laid down on white wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on white china paper laid down on white wove paper.

Date:

1846

Artist:

Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798-1863

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Title

Tiger Resting in the Desert

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1846

Medium

Etching on white China paper laid down on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 7.5 × 12.5 cm (3 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 10 × 13.4 cm (3 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 33.6 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of M. Knoedler and Company

Reference Number

1926.586

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