Heavy is the Hide of Shere Khan is an etching with aquatint, made and editioned by the artist, Martin Ridgwell in 2020. The edition size is 50. and printed on Somerset Satin paper.
Etching with Aquatint printed on Somerset Satin paper.
An edition of 50
Image size is 23cm wide by 35cm in height.
Paper size is 37cm wide by 51cm in height.
Paper edges: cut
Signed and numbered by artist
This etching was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2020. The title is from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and refers to the death of Mowgli’s adversary - the tiger Shere Khan. The image shows two young men in an Edwardian setting.