The Death of Munrow, ca. 1820–30, British, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware with enamel decoration, Overall (confirmed): 11 × 14 3/8 × 5 3/4 in. (27.9 × 36.5 × 14.6 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, This figure group records a specific historic event in which Hugh Munro, a British soldier, was killed by a tiger in India in 1791. Its composition was inspired by an almost life-size wooden sculpture depicting a tiger killing a European that was owned by Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore in India
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Death, Munrow, ca, 1820–30, British, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware, enamel decoration, Overall, confirmed, 11, 14 3/8, 5 3/4, 27.9, 36.5, 14.6 cm, Ceramics-Pottery, figure, group, records, specific historic, event, Hugh Munro, British soldier, killed, tiger, India, 1791, composition, inspired, almost life-size, wooden, sculpture, depicting, tiger killing, European, owned, Tipu Sultan, ruler, Mysore
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