Herbert Thomas Dicksee RE (1862-1942) ‘The Dying Lion’, recumbent lion at dusk, with vultures and wild dogs nearby etching, signed in pencil, watercolour of this subject sold by us with the title ‘The Old King’ lot 353 on 25 June 2019 image 25.4 x 47cm Provenance: Purchased from the daughter’s art dealer; the Bryan Steele Collection. Exhibited: Royal Academy 1887, number 1444 (after his contemporaneous large oil painting - exhibit 349, Royal Academy 1888). This is a rare early etching, that launched his career as a wildlife painter and etcher. See lots 287 and 288 for development proofs of this subject.