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- Title:
Group of Whelps Bred between a Lion and a Tigress
- Former Title(s):
A Group of Whelps Bread Between a Lion and a Tigress at Windsor (Liger Cubs) [1978, Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings, catalogue]
Liger cubs with a terrier, the parents in a cage beyond [1965, Sotheby's sales catalogue]
- Date:
- 1825
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black paint, upper left: "Bred at Windsor Octr 1824. | Painted when six-months old"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.7
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.7FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | cage | husbandry | hybridity | lions | menagerie | science | tigers | zoo
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:520
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