The Corsican Tiger at Bay

1808

Thomas Rowlandson , Artist Rudolph Ackermann , Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title The Corsican Tiger at Bay

Artwork Date 1808

Makers Thomas Rowlandson (Artist) English, 1756-1827 Rudolph Ackermann (Publisher) English, 1764-1834

Medium Etching printed in black ink, colored by hand

Dimensions Image (trimmed): 8 5/8 × 13 inches (21.9 × 33 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 1/8 inches (24.4 × 35.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F82.112

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Inscriptions Inscribed, on plate, upper left: Patriotic Greyhounds Inscribed, center: Corsican Tiger Inscribed, upper right: JOHN BULL | There was a little Man | And he had a little gun. | And his Bullets were made of lead | D--n me but we'll manage | him amongst us. Inscribed, center right: Russian Bear & Austrian Eagle | Now Brother Bruin | is the time to break | our chains Inscribed, lower right: It will be my | turn to have a | slap at him next | Dutch Frog Inscribed, lower center: Pubd July 8th 1808 by R. Ackermann N 101 Strand Inscribed, below image: THE CORSICAN TIGER AT BAY Inscribed, left center (on dog collar): PATRIOTIC | GREYHOUNDS Inscribed, lower center (on dog collar): ROYAL | GREYHOU--

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg;
1982-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the Caricaturist. London, 1880, vol. II, p. 93.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Thomas Rowlandson, The Corsican Tiger at Bay, 1808, etching printed in black ink, colored by hand. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg, F82.112.

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