‘Wonderful’: tiny tackroom takes the stage at Royal Academy of Arts

If you’re visiting the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition this year, you might notice a familiar sight.

One of the exhibits in the annual show, which has run since 1769, is a tiny tackroom, complete with mucking-out equipment, saddle and bandages – and miniature copies of H&H.

Sheila Kettle’s creation, of wood, stone, metal and leather, is built on a 1:12 scale. It stands 15cm high, and is the result of, she estimates, over 150 hours’ work.

Sheila told H&H her...