Mohini and Cub
Print by Ed Bierly

8"/6"(matted) 
12.75" /11" (frame)

Sunfaded.
Chipped Frame.

When Mohini arrived in the United States in 1960, she was the only white Bengal tiger outside India. The only known white tigers were found in the Rewa district (now part of Madhya Pradesh), with only nine sightings in the wild. The last known wild white tiger was killed by hunters in 1958, leaving behind only those bred in captivity. Four of these rare exotic tigers resided at the palace of the Maharaja of Rewa, from whom Mohini was purchased.
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About the Artist: 
Edward J. Bierly was born in Buffalo, New York in 1920. Upon graduating from high school he entered the Pratt Institute in New York. He received his Fine Arts degree from the University of Buffalo in 1949. Commercial art became his career for 14 years for many musuems. Bierly won the Federal Duck Stamp competition three times. In 1970, he retired from the National Park Service to devote full time to painting.

Ed Bierly's paintings have been exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum, The Smithsonian, The National Audubon Society, The New York Natural History Museum, and the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. He has illustrated several books, including a field guide to the Mammals of Rhodesia, Zambia and Malawi, and his art appeared in Dr. Bernhard Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, the largest and most authoritative compendium of animal science ever published.