19th Century Folk Art Lions Den Royal Circus Oil Painting Signed

Name: 19th Century Folk Art Lions Den Royal Circus Oil Painting Signed
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA788739
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Karen Tarleton

Description

19th Century Folk Art Oil Painting Signed .

After W.H. Rogers (1825-1873). In the Lion's Den, oil on board, depicting a young man seated between a lion and a tiger in a cage, the tiger licking the man's cheek and a liger cub playing at her feet, signed 'Cobbe G' lower right. Several artists flocked to study and paint the unusual hybrids .

W.H. Rogers' original painting is housed in The British Folk Art Collection, Compton Verney, Warwickshire. The collection can be seen online, where the following information is given "Rogers’ intimate painting depicts a keeper sitting uneasily with a lion, tiger and three liger cubs in a travelling cage. Ligers are the offspring of lions and tigers, and were in several travelling menageries recorded at this time. The picture may recall Atkins’s Royal Menagerie, in which a liger was born in October 1824 while the menagerie was visiting Windsor; the cub was duly presented to King George IV."

Please call or email me if you would like more information.

Many thanks

Karen

07866 475069

Physical Dimensions

Height

61cm (24.02")

Width

53cm (20.87")

Depth

5.5cm (2.17")

Declaration

Karen Tarleton has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA788739

Description

19th Century Folk Art Oil Painting Signed .

After W.H. Rogers (1825-1873).

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In the Lion's Den, oil on board, depicting a young man seated between a lion and a tiger in a cage, the tiger licking the man's cheek and a liger cub playing at her feet, signed 'Cobbe G' lower right.

Karen Tarleton

Several artists flocked to study and paint the unusual hybrids .

fig 1. 19th Century Folk Art Lions Den Royal Circus Oil Painting Signed

W.H. Rogers' original painting is housed in The British Folk Art Collection, Compton Verney, Warwickshire. The collection can be seen online, where the following information is given "Rogers’ intimate painting depicts a keeper sitting uneasily with a lion, tiger and three liger cubs in a travelling cage. Ligers are the offspring of lions and tigers, and were in several travelling menageries recorded at this time. The picture may recall Atkins’s Royal Menagerie, in which a liger was born in October 1824 while the menagerie was visiting Windsor; the cub was duly presented to King George IV."

Please call or email me if you would like more information.

Many thanks

Karen

07866 475069