Mysore

Mysore
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:	12.3033°N, 76.645866°E
Altitude:	763 m (2,503 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Mysore
State/Province:	Karnataka
Country:	India
Transport links
Mysore-Arsikere Railway Mysore-Nanjangud Railway Mysore State Railway

"Mysore, capital of the state of Mysore, India, one of the Princely states, 10 miles S.W. of Seringapatam on the Mysore State Railway."

According to Wikipedia, the British controlled Mysore city from 1799 to 1881.

Taxidermy in Mysore

Van Ingen and Van Ingen, based in Mysore was a leading taxidermy company . According to the Winter 2009 Newsletter of Friends Of The British Library, which introduces a proposed talk by Dr Pat A Morris author of Van Ingen and Van Ingen: Artists in Taxidermy, available at the British Library: “This factory once employed 150 people, processing 400 tigers and 600 leopards each year” The factory operated from about 1900. It ceased to trade in 1990s but business had been in decline since the 1960s due to the laws restricting the hunting of endangered species – which included tigers. Further information can be found in the Wikipedia article Van Ingen & Van Ingen.

Photographs of the finished product, mainly heads and rugs:

• Van-Ingen & Van-Ingen Gallery from The Taxidermy Emporium
• British Historical Taxidermy Society (Scroll down to the Quick Link, and select Van Ingen And Van Ingen)

External links

"Mysore, India (Capital)" Love to Know 1911.

"Mysore" Wikipedia.

"Mysore Palace" from Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922

Historical books online

• Mysore and Coorg : A gazetteer compiled for the government of India by Lewis Rice Archive.org
  • Volume 2, Mysore by Districts 1876, Volume 3, Coorg 1878

Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition

• Volume 1, Mysore in General 1897, Volume 2 Mysore by Districts 1897