Skip to main contentDescriptionA boy holds his sibling (sister?) back as they look at a tiger lying down in a cage in fornt of them. The tiger is on the left and the children are on the right. Another lion's glowing eyes stare out at the children. The children's red and white clothing contrasts with the black cage.
A Tiger's Den
Artist/Maker
James Northcote
Great Britain, 1746 - 1831
Date1816
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 40 × 47 in. (101.6 × 119.4 cm)
frame: 49 3/4 × 58 3/4 in. (126.4 × 149.2 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1999.069
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned
On View
On viewArthur Wardle