Mrs Goose
Figure
1920-1930 (made)
1920-1930 (made)
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Female wooden figure with articulated head and arms. It is shaped to denote the wearing of an ankle length dress with a double flounce on either side which is painted pale blue with green vertical stripes. There is an extra carved piece around the neck painted green and squared with orange lines. The feet are black and white and the face and hands white. There is an orange bonnet the back part of which is carved and the front painted card with a purple band. The face features are painted on apart from the nose which is carved. The arms are articulated by means of metal pins.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved and painted wood, metal, painted card |
| Brief description | Painted wooden figure, Mrs Goose, made by S G Hulme Beaman in the 1920s |
| Physical description | Female wooden figure with articulated head and arms. It is shaped to denote the wearing of an ankle length dress with a double flounce on either side which is painted pale blue with green vertical stripes. There is an extra carved piece around the neck painted green and squared with orange lines. The feet are black and white and the face and hands white. There is an orange bonnet the back part of which is carved and the front painted card with a purple band. The face features are painted on apart from the nose which is carved. The arms are articulated by means of metal pins. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hulme Beaman, S.G. The Book of Toytown and Larry the Lamb, London: Harrap, 1979 |
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| Accession number | B.60-2000 |
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| Record created | November 15, 2000 |
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