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Fierce, Fabulous and Friendly: Animals at the V&A - 8 January
A ubiquitous motif in art and design from around the globe, learn more about some of the objects at the V&A featuring creatures great and small
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Whether in painting, ceramics, wood, fabric, metal, glass or bronze the museum’s vast collections display an enormous range of images of animals from the mythical dragon, griffin and Minotaur to tigers, elephants and humble insects and domestic animals. Join V&A Guide Jeremy Strachan on this tour taking in depictions originating from countries and cultures from across the world.
Header image: Tippoo's Tiger, ca. 1793, on display in South Asia Galleries - Room 41