Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 1791
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale Autobiography; Selected Papers, 5: 149
Notes:
The royal tiger is now known as the Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris.
John O’Donnell (c.1749–1805), an Irish shipmaster who made a fortune in the Far East trade, settled in Baltimore and in 1792 and 1793 represented the town in the Maryland house of delegates. He was captain of the ship Pallas, which had arrived in Baltimore in March 1785 with the first cargo of goods brought directly to that city from China. Selected Papers, 1: 513n; Washington Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0303
Specimen Type:
Skeletons/skulls/bones
Current Common Name:
Bengal tiger
Current Scientific Name
Panthera tigris tigris
