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The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales's first tiger - second shot...1876. Creator: Unknown
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The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales's first tiger - second shot...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales's first tiger - second shot, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. News of "a kill", as it is termed, was brought in...a tiger had killed a bullock in a ravine some five miles from Jeypore [Jaipur]...The Prince, the Maharajah, Lord A. Paget, Lord Aylesford, and Colonel Rose took their post...The tiger, roused from sleep, was seen creeping catlike...sometimes lost from view, till it came within less than thirty yards of the Prince, who fired. The tiger gave a leap and started off at a trot down the ravine. Again the Prince fired, and the tiger rolled over...The Prince fired twice, but still the beast went on, falling over a boulder out of sight. A beater...pointing to a cactus-bush, said, It lies there-dead. The party descended and closed around the creature, tremendous still in death. It was a full-grown female, 8½ft. long'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876
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This photograph captures a pivotal moment during the Prince of Wales' historic visit to India in 1876. The image, a second sketch from one of the special artists of the Illustrated London News, depicts the Prince of Wales, or later King Edward VII, on his first tiger hunt. The scene unfolds in a ravine near Jaipur, where news of a tiger kill had reached the royal party. The Prince, accompanied by the Maharajah of Jaipur, Lord A. Paget, Lord Aylesford, and Colonel Rose, took position to witness the hunt. As the tiger, roused from its slumber, crept towards the party, the Prince prepared for the encounter. The majestic beast, sometimes disappearing from view, came within thirty yards of the Prince, who fired his gun. The tiger leapt and continued its escape, but the Prince did not miss a second time. The tiger rolled over, fatally wounded. The Prince fired twice more, but the tiger continued to move, eventually disappearing out of sight. The party descended into the ravine and closed around the creature, which was found to be a full-grown female, measuring 8½ft. in length. The hunt was a significant event in the Prince's tour of India and marked the beginning of his lifelong fascination with the country and its wildlife. This photograph is a testament to the thrill and adventure of the royal hunt in the late 19th century.
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