# Lion of the Atlas Mountains

- By: Eugène Delacroix (printed by E. Ardit (French, active 1828-1834))
- Date: 1829
- Medium: Lithograph in black on light-gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 33 × 46.5 cm (13 × 18 5/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 9/16 × 24 5/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/41098)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9b9ec959-fbdc-9eae-cdfd-be8befe169ab/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Delacroix’s largest pair of pendant prints features a monumental lion (seen here) and a regal tiger (1927.1645), presented in a kind of face-off. Ancient Roman games regularly pitted Barbary lions and Bengal tigers against each other. Into the late 19th century, they were still made occasional enemies for entertainment and profit, as in one heavily wagered bout to the death in India. While this particular big cat may appear passive compared with the ravening lion, the tiger usually triumphed in these showdowns.

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