animals in romanticism: the savage and the sublime

Animals in Romanticism:The Savage and The Sublime

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

1686-1755

Leopard, 1741

Lion, 1752

Lion Devouring a Horse, 1763

George Stubbs

1724-1806

Horse Attacked by a Lion, 1768

Leopard, 1777

Tiger

Fighting Stallions, 1791

Théodore Géricault

1791-1824

Two Lions, 1820

Resting Lions

The Head of a Lion

Horse Attacked by a Lion

Antoine-Louis Barye

1796-1895

Sculptures

Lion and Serpent, 1832

Lion Crushing a Serpent

Bear Attacked by Dogs, 1839

Bear Attacking a Bull

Deer Brought Down by Hounds

Deer Attacked by Two Greyhounds

Tiger Devouring a Crocodile

Crocodile Devouring an Antelope

Elk Surprised by a Lynx

Walking Lion, 1865

Walking Tiger

Gnu

Asian Elephant

Chinese Elephant

African Elephant Running

Watercolors

Large Lion, 1830s

Two Lion Cubs

Lion and Serpent, 1840s

Jaguar Discovering a Snake

Running Jaguar

Two Jaguars from Peru

Elephants in Water, c. 1850

Lion and Python, c. 1863

Tiger at Rest

Tiger Rolling

Eugène Delacroix

1798-1863

Atlas Lion, 1829

Lioness Devouring a Hare

Tiger, 1830

Tiger Cub Playing with His Mother, 1830

Tiger Drinking, 1835

Lion Devouring an Arab Horse, 1850

Lion Ripping Apart a Corpse

Roaring Lion’s Head

Lion and Boar, 1853

Jaguar Attacking a Horseman, c. 1855

Puma, 1859

The Lion Hunt, 1859

Arab Horses Fighting in a Stable, 1860

Lion Hunt, 1860

Lion Hunt, 1861

Tiger and Snake, 1862

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

1802-1873

Deer and Hounds in a Mountain Torrent, 1832

The Sanctuary, 1842

The Monarch of the Glen

The Challenge, 1844

The Deer Pass, 1852

Rosa Bonheur

1822-1899

Deer Drinking at a Moonlit Lake, 1867

Lion in a Mountainous Landscape, 1880

Chamois Mother and Baby, 1888

King of the Forest, 1897

Jean-Léon Gérôme

1824-1904

Lion

The Two Majesties, 1883

Lion on the Watch, 1885

Tiger on the Watch I

Thirst: Lion in the Desert, 1888

Solitude: Two Monarchs, 1890

Tiger Observing Cranes, c. 1890

Thirst: Tigress and Her Cubs, 1899

Lion Snapping at a Butterfly, 1899

William Holbrook Beard

1825-1900

Majestic Stag, 1873

Black Bear, 1889