- Museum number
- 1862,1011.557
- Title
- Object: The Sebra, or Wild Ass
- Description
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Zebra standing to right amongst trees, after the painting by George Stubbs at the Yale Center for British Art. 1771
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1771
- Dimensions
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Height: 251 millimetres
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Width: 344 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- The zebra was kept at Buckingham House and caused great interest. For a contemporary account, see the London Magazine, July 1762; according to a note on an impression of the illustration in the magazine (1862,1011.556), when the animal died it was stuffed and displayed at the Leverian Museum, Blackfriars Road.
For satirical prints inspired by the zebra, see BMSat 3870, etc.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2005 July-Aug, London, Bonham's, Engraved Work of G Stubbs
2005 Sep-Nov, Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Engraved Work of G Stubbs
2013 Oct-Dec, Warwickshire, Compton Verney, Curious Beasts
2014 March-May, Belfast, Ulster Museum, Curious Beasts
2014 June-Aug, Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Curious Beasts
2014 Oct-Dec, San Diego, University Galleries, Curious Beasts
2015-2016 14 Nov- 7 Mar, Brighton, Royal Pavilion & Museums, 'Exotic Creatures'
2016-2017 21 Oct-5 Feb, Adelaide, South Australian Museum: ‘Curious Beasts’
2019-2020 11 Oct-26 Jan, Milton Keynes, MK Gallery, George Stubbs
- Acquisition date
- 1862
- Acquisition notes
- 1862,1011.412 to 670 are listed as having come from the sale of J J A Fillinham at Puttick & Simpson on 6-8 August 1862. They comprised lot numbers 332, 339, 345, 402, 433, 569, 570, 571, 573, 577 and 578.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1862,1011.557