A lantern slide photo of the palace, c.1880

Source: ebay, Mar. 2009

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"Palace of the Maharajah of Mysore, India," from the Illustrated London News, 1881 (with modern hand coloring)

Source: ebay, Aug. 2006

"The Old Palace, Mysore," a photo by Nicholson & Son, Madras, c.1880's

Source: ebay, Aug. 2005

The *new palace built to replace it* was still guarded by six ferocious tigers

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sphygmo/203743748/
(downloaded Mar. 2007)

Another of the tigers

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66473530@N00/55480572/
(downloaded Mar. 2007)