Sketches for “The Prudent Tiger” in “Comic Fables, Out of The World Series”
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1877
name: label: Illustrator
content: Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
label: Collector
content: Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two Studies for The Prudent Tiger. Figure in center with hat, with two profiles of tigers by either side. Above study, figure is surprised and drops bag and umbrella. Bottom image, figure has mustache, only drops umbrella. Big cat to the left wears bonnet and nightgown. Tiger to the right, holds piece of paper. Snake, upper right.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-1070-183
objectType: label: Type
content: animals
label: Object Name
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Ephemera
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and black ink on paper