3-074-931 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prince Albert Victor in India: catching wild elephants, Government Khedah, Mysore District, from a sketch by our Special Artist, 1890. 'In the recent tour of Prince Albert Victor of Wales in Southern India, his Royal Highness was the guest of the Maharajah of Mysore...On Nov. 24 the Maharajah drove the Prince in his drag to the elephant camp, a distance of fifty miles. They proceeded to the scene of operations and witnessed a drove of thirty-five elephants successfully captured and stockaded. Next day the Prince was present while the elephants were being tied up. An infuriated female elephant approached dangerously near his Royal Highness, but was driven off by the officer in charge. The following day was devoted to bison-shooting, in which the Prince succeeded in wounding a bull while it was preparing to charge'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.