Karl Whitney: Why you should sketch your cats before attempting to paint tigers

The artist Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) had an affection for animals that is reflected in his paintings and sketches. 

I have a couple of postcards bearing prints by him: one is a sketch of his cats, in various states of feline relaxation; another is of tigers in the same poses. 

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