Eugène DELACROIX
1798 - 1863
Tiger lying in the desert
1846 ?
Original etching, drypoint and roller
91 × 135 mm, margins 307 × 450 mm
Fine impression on laid china bis, from the fifth state (of 7), with the engraved signature and Picot’s address erased and before Delâtre’s address and publication in L’Artiste in 1870, foxing in the margins and on the lower copperplate, slight creases in the upper margin
Reference: Delteil 24 v/vi, Strauber 24 v/vi