The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"
Date:
1807
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2006.14.26
Gallery Label:
Samuel Howitt, a sporting artist, made these two drawing as illustrations for Captain Thomas Williamson’s book Oriental Field Sports (1807). Both show British sportsmen hunting tigers with elephants, and with the aid of Indian scouts and grooms. Since Howitt had never been to India, he was reliant on drawings and descriptions made by Williamson himself. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
