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WILLIAM SIMPSON Wales visited India. ‘In February 1876 A.D. Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales, (later King Edward VII), son of Queen
1823?–?1899 Victoria came to hunt in Banbassa in west Nepal hosted by
Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana and bagged 23 tigers in
H.R.H.The Prince of Wales in the Nepal Terai a 2 week shooting spree. He had presided over the Delhi
Durbar in celebration of his mother Queen Victoria having
Pencil and watercolour on paper been proclaimed the Empress of India on 1st January 1876
1876 A.D. It is written that he was so bored with the formalities
10½ × 16? in. (26.7 × 42.8 cm.) of state that coming to shoot in the Terai was the highlight
Signed ‘W. Simpson’ lower middle, inscribed and dated of his India sojourn. Jung Bahadur considered himself
‘H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai... 26 Feb. fortunate to be able to return the regal hospitality showered
1876.’ lower left on him by the British royal family 25 years earlier.’ (Subodh
Rana, ‘Remembering the Royal Hunts’, History Lessons Nepal,
??2,50,000?–?3,50,000 March 27, 2009, http://historylessonsnepal.blogspot.in)

REGISTERED ANTIQUITY – NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM With his characteristic strong, expressive lines, Simpson
(Please refer to the Terms and Conditions of Sale has managed to capture the excitement of the hunt,
at the back of the catalogue) depicting the exact moment when a tiger attacks the
elephant that the Prince is sitting on, who in turn reaches
William Simpson painted this dynamic watercolour during for his gun to shoot the tiger and protect himself.
his trip to India in 1876, the same year that the Prince of

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