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Tile

Guy Green

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows two rectangular tiles side by side. The left tile is split into two square sections. The top section of the left tile shows a man and a boy in a forest, the man standing and holding a long object, possibly a gun or walking stick, and the boy sitting on a log. There are two people in the background. The bottom section of the left tile shows a lion with a cub. The right tile shows a man with a long object, possibly a gun or walking stick, and a dog. There are trees and a body of water in the background. A small white rectangle with numbers is in front of the tiles. The background is a gray surface. The title of the image is "Tile by Guy Green".

Artwork details

Date:
1771–76 (?)
Medium:
Earthenware, transfer-printed
Culture:
British
Dimensions:
481 × 624 px
Museum record:
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