An illustration of a proverb, c.1860–1865. There are two conflicting interpretations of this baffling picture. One is that 'you cannot propitiate a tiger by prayer'. The other says – 'before a truly godly spirit even the wildest beasts of the forest are tame'. Two fully grown tigers holding offerings make obeisance to a holy man. Note a meek dove in the foreground bearing its own offering of a fruit in its beak.