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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.6023
Description: A man in Roman style dress reclining in a cage, surrounding by animals including a tiger whose head he strokes, a lamb standing beside him and a lion above at right, watched by a crowd in contemporary dress outside at left; after Landseer's painting 'Van Amburgh and his Animals'; with publication line only. 1878 Mixed method on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: William Henry Simmons; After: Edwin Landseer; Published by: Henry Graves & Co; Published by: Max Jacoby
School/style: British; American
Production date: 1878
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Washington DC
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 630 millimetres; Width: 878 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Declared to the Printsellers' Association
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.6023

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