Tiger Gallery

Tank Battle in Villers Bocage, France 1944

Illustration showing a battle between German Tiger tanks and British tanks and infantry in the village of Villers Bocage, Normandy, June 1944. A British tank (on left), which might be a Cromwell or Sherman, is shown knocking out one German Tiger (centre) by shooting through a hole in the corner house. Another Tiger tank (right) is coming under fire from British machine guns and PIAT's, some of whom can be seen extreme right. This illustration was drawn by Captain Bryan de Grineau, the Illustrated London New's artist, from a description given to him by an eye-witness, Mr. Tom Treanor of the Los Angeles Times'. Date: 1944

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The Death of Ellen Bright at Wombwells Menagerie, 1850

Engraving showing Ellen Bright (1832-1850), a Lion Queen animal trainer, being attacked by a tiger during the course of a performance at Wombwell's Menagerie, Chatham, January 1850. Ellen Bright sustained fatal wounds from the tiger's attack and died shortly thereafter

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Clemenceau as a tiger, mauling Germany, an eagle

Cartoon on the cover of La Baionnette depicting the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, as a tiger and Germany, an eagle, as his prey. He was keen to obtain complete victory of Germany after World War One and ensured harsh penalties and reparations were paid out by the defeated nation.
1919

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