Tigre dévorant un gavial (Tiger Devouring a Gavial)

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Photograph by Dave Revette
Tigre dévorant un gavial (Tiger Devouring a Gavial)
Photograph by Dave Revette
Artist/Maker (French, 1795 - 1875)
Datemodeled c. 1831; first cast c. 1845
MediumBronze with a dark brown patina with green and black undertones
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 8 × 8 in. (50.8 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957
Object number1994.8
On view
DescriptionTiger attacking a gavial (a crocodile of the Ganges) from behind. "First reduction", the half-size reduction of the tinted plaster shown in the 1831 Salon.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).

2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).

2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - September 2014 (no catalog).

2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus., 45).

1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).

Provenance 1994: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of Philip Abell
Published References A CENTURY OF CURIOSITIES: THE STORY OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 29- December 30, 2005, unnumbered cat.).

Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, August 1995, Acquisitions 1994.

A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
Signature Signed in model at middle front of the base on tiger's left: BARYE
Loup qui marche (Walking Wolf)
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled 1840s(?), first cast c. 1870
Medium: Bronze with dark brown patina with black and green undertones
Object number: 1994.10
Taureau cabré (Rearing Bull)
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled 1841; first cast c. 1845
Medium: Bronze with dark brown patina with green and black undertones
Object number: 1994.16
Dave Revette
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast c. 1874
Medium: Bronze with dark brown patina with green and black undertones
Object number: 1994.19
Jaguar dévorant un lièvre (Jaguar Devouring a Hare)
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled 1850
Medium: Bronze with green patina with some black
Object number: 1994.6
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled c. 1832
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.21
Photo by John Bentham.
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast 1857
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.7
Unknown artist
Date: Late 19th - early 20th century
Medium: Dark brown glazed terracotta
Object number: INV.701
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast 1857
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.14
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: c. 1895 (first cast c. 1860)
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.17
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast 1857
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.26
Cerf qui marche (Walking Stag), no. 1
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled c. 1837
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.31
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast c. 1874
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.32