Tipu's Tiger and Munro

Description

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 (a tiger owned by Tipu Sultan, Ruler of Mysore) killing a European. Several versions of this toy were been made and seized by the British Army after Tipu fell at Seringapatam.