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Elephant Crushing a Tiger

(French, 1795–1875)
1837 (?)
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Dimensions27.9 x 32 x 19.7 cm (11 x 12 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. S. D. Warren
Accession number92.2639
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
InscriptionsSignature cast and chased (?) BARYE in front proper right of base below elephant's proper left front foot
Provenance1892, gift of Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren (Susan Cornelia Clarke Warren) (b.1825-d.1901), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1892)
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