His Worship the Mayor
Toytown Statue
1920-1930 (made)
1920-1930 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Male figure with a tricorn hat and a metal staff painted entirely in brown standing on a grey painted cubic pedestal that in turn sits on two blocks of compostion marked and painted terracotta and grey to represent tiles. The two blocks are stepped. Each of the four faces of the pedestal is painted white with an inscription on three sides. Each of the four corners has two painted celluloid pillars. The figure is an original Toytown puppet whose articulation has been glued.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | His Worship the Mayor (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted and carved wood and painted composition |
| Brief description | Painted wood and composition model statue of the Mayor of Toytown made by S G Hulme Beaman in the 1920s |
| Physical description | Male figure with a tricorn hat and a metal staff painted entirely in brown standing on a grey painted cubic pedestal that in turn sits on two blocks of compostion marked and painted terracotta and grey to represent tiles. The two blocks are stepped. Each of the four faces of the pedestal is painted white with an inscription on three sides. Each of the four corners has two painted celluloid pillars. The figure is an original Toytown puppet whose articulation has been glued. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | HIS / WORSHIP / THE / MAYOR (On three sides of the statue pedestal; painting; paint) |
| Credit line | Given by Betty Billett |
| Object history | Hulme Beaman's own original Toytown statue that he used for scene-setting prior to writing and illustrating his stories and plays |
| Bibliographic reference | Hulme Beaman, S.G. The Book of Toytown and Larry the Lamb, London: Harrap, 1979 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.35-2000 |
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| Record created | November 2, 2000 |
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