Coachman
Toytown Figure
1920-1930 (made)
1920-1930 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Male wooden figure carved in a seated position with articulated head and arms. It is painted, the body and arms brown with a black carved and painted collar and a red carved and painted muffler. The lower body is a lighter brown with yellow stripes denoting a rug covering. The feet are brown with darker soles. The hands are red (gloves) and the face flesh coloured but flushed. The figure has a black carved and painted hat with a small brim. The face features are painted apart from the nose which is carved. The arms are articulated by means of metal pins. The figure is holding a thin metal whip in its right hand and is attached to the coach (B.61-2000) by means of reins threaded through the left hand. The metal pin that articulates the head passes through the body and portrudes from the bottom whereby the figure can be attached to the coach seat.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Coachman (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Carved and painted wood |
| Brief description | Painted wooden figure, the Coachman, made by S G Hulme Beaman in the 1920s |
| Physical description | Male wooden figure carved in a seated position with articulated head and arms. It is painted, the body and arms brown with a black carved and painted collar and a red carved and painted muffler. The lower body is a lighter brown with yellow stripes denoting a rug covering. The feet are brown with darker soles. The hands are red (gloves) and the face flesh coloured but flushed. The figure has a black carved and painted hat with a small brim. The face features are painted apart from the nose which is carved. The arms are articulated by means of metal pins. The figure is holding a thin metal whip in its right hand and is attached to the coach (B.61-2000) by means of reins threaded through the left hand. The metal pin that articulates the head passes through the body and portrudes from the bottom whereby the figure can be attached to the coach seat. |
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| Credit line | Given by Betty Billett |
| Object history | One of Hulme Beaman's own original Toytown figures 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.47-2000 |
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| Record created | November 14, 2000 |
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