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Tippoo's Tiger
Series revealing the stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. This edition examines a wooden model of a tiger once owned by the Sultan of Mysore.
Series revealing the stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. One of the most extraordinary and renowned objects in the Victoria and Albert museum is a life-sized wooden model of a tiger ferociously mauling a male figure. Originally owned by the Sultan of Mysore, it reveals much about his obsession with tigers and his opposition to the encroaching British in the 1790s.
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Thu 31 Jan 2008
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