Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798, British
Title:
A Cheetah killing an Antelope
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 5 7/8 inches (14.6 × 14.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "No 57"; lower center: "Sketch of a Tiger of the Cheetah Kind | killing an Antelope | Sketched from an Indian Enamel | painting [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22372
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Publications:
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 38, no. 149, V2359 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17731