Tiger Hunting in the East Indies – Index Plate

Location

Country: India
City: Kolkata
Place: British Deputy High Commission

Portrait and history painter Johann Zoffany was born Johannes Zauffaly in Frankfurt-am-Main. After training in Regensburg, he studied in Rome (1750-57), before moving to London in 1760. He was introduced to the royal family in 1764 and George III was so impressed by his royal portraits and groups that he nominated Zoffany a Royal Academician in 1769. Zoffany was in India from 1783 to 1789, where he portrayed British residents and native princes. After his return, he painted few pictures of consequence and by 1800 had given up painting altogether. Several of his Indian works are in the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta. One of his best-known works, ‘The Cock Match at Lucknow’ painted for Warren Hastings, was purchased by the Tate in 1994.

Places

India, Bengal

Subjects

howdah, big game hunting, topography, text-based work, tree, tiger, elephant, man, woman, fan, general, stable

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Johann Zoffany (1733 - 1810)

Title

Tiger Hunting in the East Indies – Index Plate

Date

published 2 December 1802

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, April 1952

GAC number

1550A