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Eugène Delacroix

Tiger Resting in the Desert

1846
Etching on off-white China paper, laid down on white wove paper
7.5 × 12.4 cm (3 × 4.9 in)

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Delacroix ably reenvisioned the powerful pose of his Bengal Tiger lithograph for this smaller-scale etching. The impression, on warm paper with plate tone, is particularly reminiscent of the desert setting.

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