Renate Dohmen

Open Arts Object: Tipu’s Tiger, 18th century, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Dr Renate Dohmen explores the historical contexts and technical marvel of an extraordinary and infamous musical automaton commissioned by Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore in India. 

Open Arts Object: The Pilkington Album (1893-94), University of Cambridge

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Dr Renate Dohmen explores a nineteenth-century scrap album, the equivalent of today’s Facebook, created by a young British woman who travelled to British India.

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