A large, stuffed Bengal tiger, this exhibit came to Leeds in 1862. It was shot by Colonel Charles Reid in Dehra Dun, Utta Pradesh, India in March, 1860. It was originally exhibited at the London International Exhibition as a tiger rug - hence its odd shape - before being turned into a taxidermy mount by Henry Ward. The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society commissioned Ward to do this work and it has been on display to the people of Leeds almost continuously for over 150 years.