Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), circa 1890-1910, by Theobald...
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Bengal Tiger(Panthera tigris tigris),circa 1890-1910, by Theobald Bros, Mysore, India,numbered 7123/18, skin rug with head mount, jaw agape, glass eyes, with limbs outstretched, backed onto black canvas backing material with a serrated khaki border, nose to tail 283cm, across the forelimbs 199cm, across the rear limbs 179cm, silk taxidermists label to verso Theobald Bro's, Naturalists & Taxidermists, Mysore, India, this trophy was originally purchased within the sale of Penrhos House, Lyonshall, Herefordshire, formerly owned by the Fred Bromley family who served in the British Indian Police Civil Service. This Tiger skin trophy has been in the possession of the vendor ever since, and never before offered on the open market