by David L. Witt | Nov 14, 2019 | Gallery, Seton Artwork
Bobcat Bobcats are a curious lot. I know three people who within the last couple of years have had one of these beautiful felines come up to their houses and take a look into a window. Peeping toms? At the beginning of November, I saw one—very dark colored—cross the...
by David L. Witt | Nov 13, 2019 | Gallery, Seton Artwork
Seton quotes [John] Audubon & [John] Bachman from Quadrupeds of North America (1849-1851) regarding an encounter with a jaguar. One of the great creatures was following a Colonel Hays, apparently out of curiosity. Hays noted that the cat was looking “’right in his...
by David L. Witt | Nov 13, 2019 | Gallery, Seton Artwork
Ernest Thompson Seton never saw a tiger in the wild since he did not travel outside of Europe and North American. He clearly admired them as subjects, creating several bold portraits. (All image rights reserved by the Academy for the Love of...
by David L. Witt | Nov 5, 2019 | Gallery, Seton Artwork
Seton’s drawings of big cats can come across not as generic “lion” or “tiger” but as actual portraits of individuals. Some of these were done at the London Zoo during his first trip abroad. One of Seton’s animal subjects, “Landseer’s Lion” was named for the English...
by David L. Witt | Nov 4, 2019 | Gallery, Seton Artwork
Included in the Academy’s collection of Seton art are depictions of cats, from lions to the household variety. Seton began his major work of natural history, Lives of Game Animals (1925) with cats. He was particularly struck by the physical similarity of cats within a...
