This is a drawing of a lion, tiger, and leopard in a struggle. Below the three entangled cats, the body of a sheep lays on the ground. The tiger is on top of the sheep, lying on its back, its mouth open to reveal sharp teeth. The lion is on top of the tiger, biting into its neck, its long mane visible. The leopard is crouched on the right, also appearing trapped under the lion, moving away from the other two with its mouth open in a snarl. The background contains pale lines and leaf shapes that hint at an outdoor setting.
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Contending Group after Nature [A Lion Fighting a Tiger and a Leopard]

Sir Edwin Landseer (British, 1802 - 1873)

1822

Medium
pen and black and brown ink with gray and brown wash over graphite on laid paper, mounted
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 17.2 × 22.7 cm (6 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Connie Simmons and James D. Krugman
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art