The Amur/Siberian tiger is the world's largest cat species. These tigers took over the panda exhibit & have a plexiglass viewing area. One winter's day, I just sat down and watched this incredible animal walk mms from me & I cannot begin to express how amazing that was. I could feel the strength. It gives an understanding of why people in their habitat fear them & gives a real understanding of the balance of humans & animals with conservation.
For #InternationalTigerDay 
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Conrad Gessner (Swiss, 1516-1565)
De Tigride (The #Tiger ), hand-colored woodcut illustration on page 1060 of Historiae animalium Vol. 1, published 1551.
National Library of Medicine (NLM): https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101457084-img
For #InternationalTigerDay + #MetalMonday:
#Tiger -headed Mace of Office
Deccan, India, late 18th century
Silver, gold, garnets, stone
L 77.3 cm, 2.7 kg
The Wallace Collection OA1760:
https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=62290&viewType=detailView
#IndianArt
For #InternationalTigerDay :
Anton Romako (Vienna, 1832-1889)
Tigre, 1870
Pencil, watercolor, opaque colors; 49.1x67.1cm
Albertina Museum 37665: https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m/#/query/4846dcce-d619-4de4-a007-542512f346c4
For #InternationalTigerDay :
Paul-Élie Ranson (France, 1862–1909)
L'Estampe Originale: #Tiger in the Jungle, 1893
Color lithograph; sheet: 58.6 x 41.4 cm (23 1/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art 1956.280: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.280
Happy #InternationalTigerDay !
Andy Warhol (USA, 1928-1987)
Siberian #Tiger, from the Endangered Species series, 1983
Color screenprint on Lenox museum board, edition of 150, 38 x 38 in (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
#PopArt
image via https://www.masterworksfineart.com/artists/andy-warhol/screen-print/siberian-tiger-endangered-species-series-1983/id/w-6846 (© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)
Tigers are at the top of the jungle food chain, but they face many threats:
Poaching
Habitat loss
Severe weather
Pollution
On #InternationalTigerDay, let's remember to celebrate & protect these magnificent felines!
Meow! This old rollercoaster has a very unique tunnel decoration 
##BookRecommendation for #InternationalTigerDay:
Tiger (Animals in Art) https://amzn.to/3O6ipco via #AmazonAssociates
For #InternationalTigerDay on #Caturday:
Ceramic Pillow in the Form of a #Tiger
China, Jin dynasty, dated 1182
Cizhou ware: earthenware w/painted slip decoration & transparent glaze
@brooklynmuseum display
#ChineseArt
For #InternationalTigerDay on #Caturday:
Charger with #Tiger
Japan. Edo period, 19th c.
Arita ware, porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Seen at The Life of Animals in #JapaneseArt exhibition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019.
For #InternationalTigerDay on #Caturday:
#Tigers by Franz Marc (German, 1880-1916)
1. The Tiger, 1912, woodcut print https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marc_-_Tiger,_1912,_Slg._Sprengel_I,550.jpg
2. The Tiger, 1912, oil on canvas https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Marc_-_Tiger_-_G_13320_-_Lenbachhaus.jpg
For #InternationalTigerDay on #Caturday:
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
"The Tyger"
Songs of Innocence and Experience (copy Y), plate 42
Date: [1794] printed ca. 1825
Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink & hand-colored w/watercolor & shell gold
6 3/16 x 5 9/16 in. (15.7 x 14.1 cm)
Met 17.10.42: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/347983
For #InternationalTigerDay on #Caturday: #tiger #nestuke x 2 from LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1. Tiger Licking Its Paw
Alternate Title: 虎
Japan, 18th century
Ivory with staining, sumi
1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (4.4 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm)
AC1998.249.125 https://collections.lacma.org/node/188332
2. Tiger and Cub
Alternate Title: 親子虎
Tomotada (Japan, active before 1781)
Japan, 18th century
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
1 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/16 in. (4.0 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm)
M.90.186.9 https://collections.lacma.org/node/192117
Dragon and tiger. Isoda Koryusa, c. 1780. Art Institute Chicago. #InternationalTigerDay #Art #MastoArt
For #InternationalTigerDay on #Caturday:
Two porcelain #tigers, Japan, late 17th c.
Heights: 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm) & 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2004.361.6, .7: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/231081
#JapaneseArt
