19th-Century Lithograph of the Puma and Cheetah in Graceful Stances

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19th-Century Lithograph of the Puma and Cheetah in Graceful Stances

Name: 19th-Century Lithograph of the Puma and Cheetah in Graceful Stances
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13176-83
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 26 × 32.2 cm (10.2 × 12.7 in)
Condition: Good. The print is in good condition, with some mild age-related toning and minor foxing along the margins. The lithographic details remain crisp, capturing the sleek form of the cheetah and the powerful stance of the puma.
Reference: BG-13176-83

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The cougar and the cheetah, a lithograph from the Dutch natural history work De Zoogdieren, afgebeeld en in hunne levenswijze geschetst, plate 83. The two animals are lettered "De Couguar of puma" at the top and "De Tijgerwolf of Gepard" at the bottom.

Each cat is drawn in profile on a strip of ground. The cougar, shown with a plain tawny coat, a heavy head, and a long tail with a dark tip, walks to the left across a bit of grass. Below it the cheetah, a slimmer cat with a spotted coat, a small head, long legs and a ringed tail, stands alert facing the same way.

The puma (Puma concolor) is native to the Americas, from Canada to Patagonia, and is also called the mountain lion; the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a cat of Africa and parts of western Asia. The name "tiger wolf" was one of the names under which the cheetah was known to Dutch naturalists of the period.

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