print;
music sheet/cover
- Museum number
- 2011,7059.1
- Title
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Object: Attaque du tigre
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Object: Les Trois souhaits
- Description
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Tiger attacking a horseman; the animal leaps, claws and teeth tearing the rear of the horse, which tries to retaliates by biting the tiger's shoulder while its rider brandishes a spear; on the back of the print is a music-cover to 'Les Trois Souhaits' (lyrics by Morizot and music by Torchet) depicting three female figures within a vine border
Lithograph
- Production date
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1830 (c.; tiger attack)
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1860 (c; music cover)
- Dimensions
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Height: 180 millimetres (music-cover; image only)
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Height: 200 millimetres (tiger attack; image)
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Width: 235 millimetres
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Width: 250 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This state of the 'Attaque du Tigre', printed by Bertauts, is not catalogued in the IFF, where the recorded impression is stated to have been printed by Motte.
'Attaque du tigre' was executed c.1830 and the music-cover probably a bit later (1860s?).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Acquisition notes
- The print was sold by Bonafous-Murat to Colin Harrison in May 2011 (information provided by donor)
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2011,7059.1