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== Taxidermy in Mysore ==
== Taxidermy in Mysore ==
Van Ingen and Van Ingen, based in Mysore was a leading taxidermy company.  “This factory once employed 150 people, processing 400 tigers and 600 leopards each year” <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405103031/http://support.bl.uk/Files/525fc8a8-47cf-4d86-897b-a0780102601d/friendsnewswinter09.pdf Page 7 of the Winter 2009 ''Newsletter of  Friends Of The British Library''], now archived,  which introduced a proposed talk by Dr Pat A Morris author of  
Van Ingen and Van Ingen, based in Mysore was a leading taxidermy company.  “This factory once employed 150 people, processing 400 tigers and 600 leopards each year” <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405103031/http://support.bl.uk/Files/525fc8a8-47cf-4d86-897b-a0780102601d/friendsnewswinter09.pdf Page 7 of the Winter 2009 ''Newsletter of  Friends Of The British Library''], now archived,  which introduced a proposed talk by Dr Pat A Morris author of  
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131204234327/http://www.anglebooks.com/product.php/42075/van-ingen---van-ingen--artists-in-taxidermy- ''Van Ingen and Van Ingen: Artists in Taxidermy''], (now an archived link) available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01013606052 .</ref>  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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Ingen_%26_Van_Ingen Van Ingen & Van Ingen].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131204234327/http://www.anglebooks.com/product.php/42075/van-ingen---van-ingen--artists-in-taxidermy- ''Van Ingen and Van Ingen: Artists in Taxidermy''], (now an archived link) available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01013606052 .</ref>  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 below.  
 
Photographs of the finished product, mainly heads and rugs:
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160508102840/http://www.taxidermyemporium.com/14.html  Van-Ingen & Van-Ingen Gallery] from The Taxidermy Emporium, now an archived webpage,       
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160508111419/http://www.britishhistoricaltaxidermysociety.co.uk/main.htm  British Historical Taxidermy Society], now archived. Select: The Pictorial History Of Taxidermy/Historical Collection/Van Ingen and Van Ingen.  


== External links ==
== External links ==
 
*Taxidermy
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Ingen_%26_Van_Ingen Van Ingen & Van Ingen] Wikipedia
**Photographs of the finished product, mainly heads and rugs:
***[https://web.archive.org/web/20160508102840/http://www.taxidermyemporium.com/14.html  Van-Ingen & Van-Ingen Gallery] from The Taxidermy Emporium, now an archived webpage,       
***[https://web.archive.org/web/20160508111419/http://www.britishhistoricaltaxidermysociety.co.uk/main.htm  British Historical Taxidermy Society], now archived. Select: The Pictorial History Of Taxidermy/Historical Collection/Van Ingen and Van Ingen.
***[https://www.africahunting.com/threads/van-ingen-van-ingen-indian-taxidermist.2988/ Van Ingen & Van Ingen Indian Taxidermist] africahunting.com
**[https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/conservation/art-and-science-of-taxidermy/article4622947.ece "Art and science of taxidermy"] by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed  May 03, 2013 ''The Hindu''
** Front cover [with image] of ''The Preservation of Shikar Trophies'' by  Van Ingen and Van Ingen,  Artists in Taxidermy, Mysore 1928 and 1933 editions, with a couple of additional pages. Also by the same authors front cover of ''The Artistic Treatment of Shikar Trophies'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20190205005757/http://www.taxidermyjungle.co.uk/product/van-ingen-the-preservation-of-shikar-trophies-2/ 1]; [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rashid_ashraf/27980519118 2]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190205011559/https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/smiths-newent-auctions/catalogue-id-srsmi10008/lot-212c811b-074d-4107-8ef9-a422001625a2 3]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190205010703/https://www.herewardbooks.co.uk/books/detail/23495.htm 4] various sources.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore#Transport "Mysore"]  ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore#Transport "Mysore"]  ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/mysore.htm "Mysore Palace"] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm ''Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922'']
*[http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/mysore.htm "Mysore Palace"] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm ''Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922'']
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rashid_ashraf/27980519118 Front cover [with image<nowiki>]</nowiki>] of ''The Preservation of Shikar Trophies'' by  Van Ingen and Van Ingen,  Artists in Taxidermy, Mysore 1933. flickr.com
 


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 01:40, 5 February 2019

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."

The British controlled Mysore city from 1799 to 1881.[1]

Taxidermy in Mysore

Van Ingen and Van Ingen, based in Mysore was a leading taxidermy company. “This factory once employed 150 people, processing 400 tigers and 600 leopards each year” [2] 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 below.

External links


Historical books online

Gold. Sport and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Robert H Elliot (2009) – original copyright 1898. Limited Preview, Google Books. Full version, Project Gutenburg on Archive.org Other download options Archive.org Gutenberg.org.

References

  1. Wikipedia
  2. Page 7 of the Winter 2009 Newsletter of Friends Of The British Library, now archived, which introduced a proposed talk by Dr Pat A Morris author of Van Ingen and Van Ingen: Artists in Taxidermy, (now an archived link) available at the British Library UIN: BLL01013606052 .