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Six Studies of a Lion and a Puma(?)

Drawing
1826 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Graphite drawing on paper. In the upper row, two heads in or nearly in profile; in the centre, two sleeping lions, curled up, with their heads on the left; below, on the left, a sleeping lion, curled up, with its head on the left; lower right, lying down, with its head looking up on the right


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSix Studies of a Lion and a Puma(?) (published title)
Materials and techniques
Graphite
Brief description
Drawing 'Six Studies of a Lion and a Puma(?)', by Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, graphite, 1826
Physical description
Graphite drawing on paper. In the upper row, two heads in or nearly in profile; in the centre, two sleeping lions, curled up, with their heads on the left; below, on the left, a sleeping lion, curled up, with its head on the left; lower right, lying down, with its head looking up on the right
Dimensions
  • Height: 200mm
  • Width: 250mm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Robert Jackson (dealer), London; from whom purchased with seven others (cat. nos. 583–9) by the museum, 10 July 1889 for £1. 5s. 0d.
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 588, illus. 493
Collection
Accession number
D.1430-1889

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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