Bengal Tigress Monument
Bengal Tigress Monument
Bengal Tigress Monument
Bengal Tigress Monument
Bengal Tigress Monument
Bengal Tigress Monument
Bengal Tigress Monument

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A tiger with cubs on a plinth.
Title

Bengal Tigress Monument

Date

1866–1867

Medium

bronze & pink granite

Accession number

G3_GB_011

Acquisition method

presented by John Stewart Kennedy, 1867

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Glasgow City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

B (Scotland)

Unveiling date

27 September 1867

Listing date

06/07/66

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

on front of plinth: A CAIN 1866; on rear of plinth: F BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR PARIS

Inscription description

on the front of the pedestal: PRESENTED / TO HIS NATIVE CITY BY / JOHN S KENNEDY / NEW YORK; on the step below the pedestal: 1867

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Located at

Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow

G3 6BY

Set near the Stewart Memorial Fountain.