Caption

Buffaloes attacked by a tiger, print, printmaker: Charles Verlat, 1868, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, retroussage, aquatint, height 216 mm x width 300 mm, beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger, hoofed animals: buffalo, A monochrome etching shows a scene with a striped big cat clamped around the neck of a large horned bovine, the cat's body pressing against the bovine's flank and its paws gripping the animal's head. The bovine's head is thrown back, horns curved, and its mouth appears open while another bovine lies partly obscured nearby. Grasslike stalks and broken branches frame the right side and foreground, with textured ground beneath. The sky is rendered with soft, cloudlike washes above the detailed linework of the animals and vegetation.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B19_458

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.2Mb (6.3Mb) / 16.5in x 9.7in / 4956 x 2905 (300dpi)

Keywords

Buffaloes attacked tiger print printmaker Charles Verlat 1868 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique retroussage aquatint height 216 mm x width 300 mm beasts prey predatory animals hoofed animals buffalo monochrome etching scene striped big cat clamped neck large horned bovine cat's body pressing bovine's flank paws gripping animal's head bovine's head thrown back horns curved mouth open another bovine lies partly obscured nearby Grasslike stalks broken branches frame right side foreground textured ground beneath sky rendered soft cloudlike washes detailed linework animals vegetation