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23 Apr 2019

The Beauties and the Beasts

Written by Victoria Lambert, Silvia Scopa and Michelle Atherton
A 17th-century oil painting at Hill of Tarvit showing an array of fighting birds. Chickens, ducks and a peacock stand on the ground, pecking at each other. Two pigeons are swooping down from the sky in the top left.
Spring has sprung at the National Trust for Scotland! Outside, baby animals are all around. But Project Reveal has made some furry friends indoors as well. These are our favourite ‘beasts from the East’.
A felted model clockwork pig. It stands on two legs and is playing a drum. It wears blue dungarees. The wind-up metal key hangs from its trotter.

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