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Lion Resting
Lion Resting

Lion Resting

Artist/Maker David Shepherd United Kingdom, 1931 - 2017
Date1967
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 28 × 44 in. (71.1 × 111.8 cm)
Credit LineMcGean-Rohco, Inc. joins the Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr Foundation in dedicating this painting to longtime friend of the museum, Mr. Robert Mitchell. JKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2000.115
ClassificationsPainting
Subject
SignedSigned lower right
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSigned lower right corner. A lion rests under the shade of a tree, lying to the left he faces the viewer. Tall grass grows around him and the sun light shines around him.
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