Tiger hunting in India: men riding elephants shoot at a tiger that tries to escape by swimming across a river. Watercolour, 18--.

Date:
1800-1899
Reference:
577169i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Available online

view Tiger hunting in India: men riding elephants shoot at a tiger that tries to escape by swimming across a river. Watercolour, 18--.

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Tiger hunting in India: men riding elephants shoot at a tiger that tries to escape by swimming across a river. Watercolour, 18--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Also known as

Composition known as : Chasing a tiger across a river

Publication/Creation

1800-1899

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; image 30.3 x 44 cm

Contributors

Reference

Wellcome Collection 577169i

Creator/production credits

The same composition appears in an aquatint by Henri Merke after Samuel Howitt after Thomas Williamson, 'Chasing a tiger across a river', published 4 June 1805 in series Oriental field sports, and subsequently republished in an etching by J. Clark (London: Edward Orme, 1807) and in a coloured engraving in Friedrich Justin Bertuch, Bilderbuch zum Nutzen und Vergnügen der Jugend, Weimar 1790-1830

Type/Technique

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link