Tipu's Tiger
By John Sinclair Willis
Bill Burns posted an interesting report from Bruce Sterling's Dead Media mail list.
The report quotes...
"In a technical analysis of the instrument, Henry Willis speculated that 'the intended method of use...' Because the design and materials suggest a European rather than an Indian maker, Willis suggested that the tiger and its victim were constructed by either a malicious Frenchman or a renegade Englishman."
I remember my father, Henry Willis, 4, telling me that he had carried out some restoration work on this artefact some years ago.
I wonder which Henry Willis the above remarks are attributed to - It would be remarkable if it was Father Henry Willis, my great great grandfather.
Does anyone know?
> As far as I know, the tiger is still in London's V & A museum, although
> I suspect visitors are no longer allowed to make it perform.
I was at the V&A about 5 years ago and it was in a glass case!
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John Sinclair Willis
SPRINGWOOD MUSIC WORKSHOPS
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