Indian Mounted on an Elephant Crushing a Tiger

modeled ca. 1834-1839; first cast ca. 1845

18.4 cm 28.6 cm 34.9 cm

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Mounted by an Indian driver wearing a headdress similar to that of the driver on the duke of Orléans's "Tiger Hunt" (Walters 27.176), this elephant uses his head and enormous forefoot to crush a tiger. Although the hunt groups from the Duc d'Orleans' table centerpiece were int...

Sculpture

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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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