Sujet

An Indian Hunting Trophy, 1876. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

An Indian Hunting Trophy, 1876. A 'work of art', a taxidermised depiction of a tiger attacking a tame Indian elephant...'The "Indian Trophy", [consists] of an elephant and tiger, preserved and arranged in a lifelike fighting group by Messrs. James Rowland Ward and Co., of 158, Piccadilly...In the design of this group Mr. Heywood Hardy, the well-known painter of animals, was consulted by Mr. J. R. Ward'. Edward VII and Edward VIII both shot tigers in India. Tigers are now an endangered species. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A81_281

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,5Mo (7,1Mo) / 37,3cm x 42,0cm / 4404 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal wildlife arts industry trunk art feline endangered endangered species tiger British color elephant Indian elephant fangs Bengal tiger tusks attack attacking tusk dramatic industrial century Britain biting newspapers press print company concept taxidermy controversy B&W claw claws big cat controversial engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN taxidermal model work of art newspaper Unknown Ward Heywood Hardy Haywood Rowland 19th-century Rowland Ward Limited James Rowland Ward James Rowland Rowland Ward Heywood Hardy Haywood Hardy