A Gentleman’s Cabinet of Curiosities | The Collection of the late Naim Attallah, CBE
A Gentleman’s Cabinet of Curiosities | The Collection of the late Naim Attallah, CBE
William Huggins
The Tiger's Lair
Lot Closed
November 23, 04:38 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
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William Huggins
1820 - 1884
The Tiger's Lair
signed and dated W Huggins. / 1861. lower right and signed and inscribed The Tiger's Lair. / by W. Huggins. / The Groves - / Chester. / No. 2 on a label on the reverse
oil on board
Unframed: 45.7 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
Framed: 62.5 by 77.5cm., 24½ by 30½in.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art, 1908
William Huggins lived in Chester at 4 The Groves from 1861 until circa 1878. He is best known as a painter of animals, which he studied at the Liverpool Zoological Gardens.