Tipu's Tiger
'Tippoo's Tiger' is an awesome, life-size beast of carved and painted wood, seen in the act of devouring a prostrate European in the costume of the 1790s. It has cast a spe…
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Tipu's iTiger App
An iPhone app which gives you special access to Tipu's Tiger, one of the most enduringly famous and fascinating objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum
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The British in South Asia
Due to the popularity of painted and printed cottons (chintzes), textiles dominated trade between India and Britain
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Tipu's Tigers
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 …
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