LIONNE DECHIRANT LA POITRINE D'UN ARABE

Delacroix, Eugene. LIONNE DECHIRANT LA POITRINE D'UN ARABE. D.25. Second state, with the lettering "L'ARTISTE" above the image, and with the blindstamp of L'Artiste within the platemark, lower left. Softground etching, 1849. 8 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 215 x 284 mm., to platemark (note: Delteil's measurement, 270 x 150, puts length before height, and measures the extremities of the image, not the platemark). Signed "Eug. Delacroix" and dated 1849 within the image, lower left. Margins apparently trimmed to about 3/4 inch, else in very good condition.
Inventory # 6783