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Young Tiger Playing with its Mother, 1831

  • Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863
  • Delaunois, French

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 4 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (11.1 × 18.7 cm) Sheet: 9 × 11 7/8 inches (22.9 × 30.2 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker

74.284

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, lower left: Eug. Delacroix

Stamp in brown ink, verso (BW), not in Lugt

Inscribed, printed above image, center: L'ARTISTE Lower right: Lith. de Delaunois Titled, center bottom margin: Jeune Tigre jouant avec sa mere. In pencil, verso: Delteil 91 | 1 Etat [ ] avec le nom de Delaunois. | [ ] 100 en 1926... 2 Etat | illegible inscription in pencil along center bottom edge.

1975-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Eugène Delacroix, Young Tiger Playing with its Mother, 1831, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker, 74.284.