JigJog Power Puppets

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Artist/Maker	Barry Elphick (designer) Geoffrey Charlton-Perrin (copywriter)
Place of origin	United Kingdom (made)

A sheet of green and lilac card showing images of Charles de Gaulle to be cut out and made into a puppet. The title 'Jig Jog Power Puppets' and text relating to General de Gaulle with instructions on how to make the puppet, printed above the image.

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Category	Satire
Object type	Print
Titles	JigJog Power Puppets (assigned by artist) Charles de Gaulle (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Printed card Card Printing Ink Colour Offset Lithograph
Brief description	Jigjog Power Puppet, 'Charles de Gaulle', by Barry Elphick, UK, 1967
Physical description	A sheet of green and lilac card showing images of Charles de Gaulle to be cut out and made into a puppet. The title 'Jig Jog Power Puppets' and text relating to General de Gaulle with instructions on how to make the puppet, printed above the image.
Dimensions	Height: 61.9cm Width: 44.8cm
Marks and inscriptions	No.1 General de Gaulle Le vieux general. Always wears the expression of a lady camel refusing a gentleman camel. Believes the solution to the balance of power problem is to make America and Russia almost as powerful as France. Has faith in his own judgement and in God, in that order. Never forgiven Louis XIV for saying "L'Etat c'est moi" before he did. Extremely fond of Harold Wilson-boiled or fried. Vive de Gaulle! The French fag who wants to be king-size. (Text below the title with instructions on how to bring your JigJog Power Puppet to life.) visual: Barry Elphick verbal: Geoffrey Charlton-Perrin (Printed at the bottom of the poster) ELPHICK (Printed within the booted leg of the puppet on the lefhand side)
Credit line	Gifted by the designer
Subject depicted	Charles De Gaulle
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.298-2012

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Record created	August 13, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1249707/jigjog-power-puppets-print-barry-elphick/

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