A Rare Regency Period Pyrography Panel of a Tiger by Joseph Smith, Skipton, North Yorkshire, 1818, after George Stubbs (1724–1806) sub-Architectural & Garden The large work painted in

The large work painted in oils on canvas

the original paint distressed commensurate with age

many such slides are left in wooden boxes in attics and long forgotten

The finish is very pleasing with a prominent overall patination of craquelure and there are no losses

A Rare Regency Period Pyrography Panel of a Tiger by Joseph Smith, Skipton, North Yorkshire, 1818, after George Stubbs (1724–1806) sub-Architectural & Garden The large work painted inOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1818 Width: 24. 75 Height: 17. 75 Depth: 0. 25 The finely observed stained 'pokerwork' or pyrography panel by Joseph Smith of Skipton, north Yorkshire, depicting a tiger, after the oil by George Stubbs The Portrait of the Royal Tiger c. 1770, the sycamore (?) panel signed and dated 1818, inscribed Smith, Pyrographist and then dated again and branded with eye motif verso, surviving from