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'The Tiger and the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots
in India' exhibition:
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 29th July - 3rd October
1999
Reception and Exhibition tour for members of the Community Resource
Centre, Newcastle, organised as part of an Outreach Programme, sponsored
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Visitors
in Room VII, the first section of the exhibition, looking at
objects which illustrate the joint themes of The Tiger and the
Thistle. In the foreground, works by Walker; Beatson, with a
portrait of Tipu as frontispiece; and Home, a view of the interior
of Tipu's palace at Bangalore. The contemporary Indian sword
hilt is decorated with thistle motifs; the Tipu sword has a
tiger motif on the blade. In the background, are watercolours
of Tipu's throne (left) and contemporary topographical views
(right) .
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