Antique Natural HistoryOriginal plates from the naturalists' books, 1600s to 1900s
19th-Century Lithograph of the Puma and Cheetah in Graceful Stances
19th-Century Lithograph of the Puma and Cheetah in Graceful Stances, view 2

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19th-Century Lithograph of the Puma and Cheetah in Graceful Stances

€340 ($385, £290, €340)

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Date
Not stated
Size
10.2 × 12.7 in (26 × 32.2 cm)
Condition
Good. The print is in good condition, with some mild age-related toning and minor foxing along the margins. The lithographic details remain crisp, capturing the sleek form of the cheetah and the powerful stance of the puma.
Section
Mammals
Reference
f_43897402

The cougar and the cheetah, a lithograph from the Dutch natural history work De Zoogdieren, afgebeeld en in hunne levenswijze geschetst, plate 83. The two animals are lettered "De Couguar of puma" at the top and "De Tijgerwolf of Gepard" at the bottom.

Each cat is drawn in profile on a strip of ground. The cougar, shown with a plain tawny coat, a heavy head, and a long tail with a dark tip, walks to the left across a bit of grass. Below it the cheetah, a slimmer cat with a spotted coat, a small head, long legs and a ringed tail, stands alert facing the same way.

The puma (Puma concolor) is native to the Americas, from Canada to Patagonia, and is also called the mountain lion; the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a cat of Africa and parts of western Asia. The name "tiger wolf" was one of the names under which the cheetah was known to Dutch naturalists of the period.

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