tiger tiger eighteenth century mechanical toy created ruler india carved painted wood represents tiger near life size european man mechanisms inside tiger man bodies hand man sound mouth tiger addition tiger reveal keyboard small pipe organ notes tiger created makes use personal emblem tiger expresses hatred enemy british tiger discovered summer palace troops stormed capital governor general lord sent tiger britain initially intending exhibit tower london exhibited london public offices london later transferred victoria albert museum accession number forms permanent exhibit imperial courts moment arrived london present day popular attraction public background originally referred sultan nineteenth century literature today indian state sultan tiger systematically emblem employing tiger motifs weapons uniforms soldiers decoration palaces throne rested probably similar life size wooden tiger covered gold like valuable treasures broken highly organised prize fund shared british army inherited power father ali muslim soldier risen commander chief ruling dynasty effect ruler kingdom initially trying ally british later firm enemy represented effective obstacle expansion kingdom grew violently anti british feelings tiger formed specific group large caricature images commissioned showing european specifically british figures attacked tigers elephants executed tortured attacked ways painted orders external walls houses main streets capital close operation french war britain presence french visited court probably contributed internal works tiger design inspired death son general sir commanded division sir victory battle ali father defeated loss men second anglo war civilian visiting india attacked killed tiger december hunting companions tiger description notable example early musical india fact especially constructed overall dimensions object centimetres high centimetres long man close life size painted wooden shell forming figures likely draws south indian traditions hindu religious sculpture typically half inch thick reinforced inside following bomb damage world war openings head end formed match pattern inner painted tiger stripes allow sounds pipes heard better tiger obviously male tiger body lifted inspect mechanics removing screws construction human figure similar wood thicker examination analysis conservation department determined current paint restored human figure clearly european costume authorities differ represents soldier civilian current text website avoids describing figure european operation handle powers different mechanisms inside set air pipe inside man throat opening mouth produces sound cries distress victim mechanical link causes man left arm rise fall action pitch pipe mechanism inside tiger head air single pipe tones produces regular sound tiger concealed tiger flank small ivory keyboard stop pipe organ tiger body allowing tunes played style shell workings analysis metal content original brass pipes organ replaced indicates tiger local manufacture presence french french army engineers court led historians suggest french input mechanism history extensive palace captured fall died culmination fourth anglo war aide camp governor general 1st wrote memorandum describing discovery object room appropriated musical instruments found article merits particular notice proof deep hate extreme english piece mechanism represents royal act european barrels imitation organ body sounds produced organ intended resemble cries person distress machinery contrived organ playing hand european lifted express helpless condition design executed imagined memorial arrogance cruelty thought place tower london earliest published drawing book review origin progress result late decisive war notes published london preceded exhibit india england separate preface titled description said drawing taken piece mechanism representing royal act european barrels imitation organ body row keys natural notes sounds produced organ intended resemble cries person distress machinery contrived organ playing hand european lifted express helpless condition design large life executed order frequently sight triumph english piece machinery found room palace appropriated reception musical instruments called original wooden figure drawing taken ships season chairman presented majesty imagined characteristic emblem ferocious animosity british nation thought place tower london unlike throne featured large tiger treasures palace materials value striking preserved brought england essentially intact governors intended present tiger crown view displayed tower london decided company time store period wholly improving piece musical point view taken place displayed reading room library london july rapidly popular exhibit handle controlling apparently freely turned public french author visited london great exhibition writes finding interest crystal palace visited greatly reported machine organ getting repair altogether realize expectation visitor eventually handle disappeared great relief students reading room tiger displayed later reported constant plague student busy work library old india house street public appears bent keeping performances machine kind fate deprived handle stopped happy think internal organs hope remain seen admired necessary heard taken crown tiger stored house moved road new occupied building today foreign moved dissolved collection distributed museums records tiger acquired world war tiger badly damaged german bomb brought roof breaking wooden pieces carefully war display exhibited new_york summer spring recent times formed essential museum exhibitions exploring historical interface eastern western ethnic histories subjects held victoria albert museum autumn titled encounters meeting asia europe tiger centennial exhibition held scotland topic scots organ considered fragile travel scotland exhibition instead sized replica glass painted exhibited place replica earlier scottish association having exhibition held commemorate october merger scotland form new entity today arguably best known single work victoria albert museum far general public concerned highlight school children visits victoria albert museum functions iconic representation museum replicated forms memorabilia museum shops including model kits stuffed toys visitors longer operate mechanism device kept glass case small model toy exhibited wooden palace items associated including sword recently purchased brought india subject official request presumably ambiguity underlying image eyes indians object eyes indians considered hero symbolism identified tigers personal epithet tiger soldiers dressed jackets personal symbol invoked tiger face clever use tiger motif visible throne objects personal possession including accordingly tiger striking european organ represented symbolic triumph british british hunted tigers emulate local royal sport symbolic defeat ruler stood path british domination tiger motif medal awarded participated campaign british lion depicted overcoming tiger tiger symbol line medal issued gold highest dignitaries associated campaign select officers general duty silver dignitaries field officers staff officers copper bronze non commissioned officers tin reverse fort showed words nineteenth century medals british lion tiger emblem late sultan government period effected following words signifying conquering lion god manner adopted overturned british displayed london nineteenth century british viewers time characterised tiger trophy symbolic justification british colonial rule trophies sword throne box brass displayed memorabilia mutiny interpretation display served remind visitor british_empire bring lands king notable literal image tiger killing european important symbol england time death scenes repertoire pottery tiger hunting british considered represent political india addition triumph india environment persisted rebellion punch ran political cartoon showing indian rebels tiger attacking victim identical pose defeated british forces shown larger figure lion motives collection articles seen literary historian having social cultural context collection western indian art seen motivated need display wealth authority subjects predominantly hindu share religion islam case collection documents artefacts art india helped develop idea indian populace minds british people thought possession objects culture represented understanding dominance mastery culture musical instrument detailed study published tiger musical noise making functions concluded coming britain instrument reworked original operating principles destroyed ranks pipes organ opposed functions comprising eighteen notes nominally pitch corresponding pipes register sounds musical pitch unusual layout pipe organ selecting stops results sound slight beat pipes creating effect considered likely work characteristic accident tuning intentional feature tiger single pipe tiger head man single pipe emerging mouth connected separate located man chest accessed lifting tiger operates gradually raising weighted pipe reaches point slips fall fixed lower board reservoir air form sound today sound making functions rely handle power believes originally case works noise making functions included decades famous organ building firm worked tiger 1950s contributed account monograph generally ready exempt work scathing comments drastic vandalism assumed unknown earlier organ builders detailed account sound making functions anonymous author evidently understood things mechanical organs particular investigations concluded original operation man intermittent produced dozen tiger date mechanism altered continuous replaced smaller weaker ones operation moving arm altered features present instrument include placing handle turned likely player keyboard account concludes originally handle nineteenth century british replacement probably french original operated organ operated pulling string cord work original replaced keyboard largely original unique construction square ivory buttons round turned tops instead conventional keys mechanical functioning button practical convenient spaced impossible stretch hand play octave buttons marked small black spots differently placed forming apparent pattern relation notes produced corresponding known system marking keys stop control organ located little tiger instrument rarely played video recent performance derivative works provided inspiration poets artists nineteenth century present day poet saw museum street worked satirical verse cap bells poem visits court hears strange noise thinks emperor replied page little noise comes play thing emperor choice man tiger organ toys french poet described tiger workings meaning poem sultan sultan published recently american modernist poet wrote poem tiger workings fact tail claimed helmet vast toy curious man killed tiger organ pipes inside blood cries merged tiger moved tail man moved arm die souls work painter shows angel flower garden tiger french soldier indian painter painted characteristic style work tiger sculptor student adjacent victoria albert museum frequently passed glass case inspired glass plastic sculpture sculpture rabbit eating astronaut artist humorous homage tiger rabbit tail round videos tiger performance video playing video recent performance organ conservation action playing tiger tiger removed
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