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Tipu's Tigers
By Susan Stronge
Price: £10.00
Tipu’s Tiger is one of the V&A’s most enduringly famous and fascinating objects. Commissioned in the 1790s by Tipu Sultan of Mysore, who kept the spectacular wooden semiautomaton in the music room of his palace, the tiger was shipped to London after Tipu was killed in 1799.

This accessible book explores the continuing appeal – and influence – of Tipu Sultan’s tiger,which has inspired artists and writers, frightened children, and entertained the public since its first arrival in England. It also illustrates and discusses some of the most splendid of his other treasures– his throne, textiles and spectacular weapons, all decorated with the ruler’s iconic tiger forms and patterns – which were seized by the British and dispersed.
FORMAT
Hardback
PAGES PICTURES ISBN NUMBER
96 70 colour 9781851775750
DATE PUBLISHED CODE
September 100459
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