Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II (c. 1830–40): Art, History and Details

Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II (c. 1830–40) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the cliffs that define the landscape of the small princely kingdom of Kota, a majestic tiger has just been shot by the king. Noisemakers with a firebrand drive the tiger out of the forest, and men at the right keep bears at bay. The women and musicians in two small boats look on in admiration.

Object facts

• Title: Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II
• Date: c. 1830–40
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Kota, court of Ram Singh II (reigned 1826–66)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Painting: 25.3 x 49.1 cm (9 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1991.168

A detail from the museum

The drummers and horn blowers proclaim to the population that the king shot a tiger.

Collection credit

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

Further reading listed by the museum

• Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
• Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.

View the collection record

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