Castle

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Artist/Maker	Hulme Beaman, Sydney George (maker)
Place of origin	London (made)

A model castle of the castellated keep type made primarily of card. It is rectangular in shape with four turret towers, one at each corner with battlements in between. The entrance at the front is an arched brick effect doorway with a black portcullis in the closed position. The interior is a courtyard with four internal arched doorways. The castle is painted grey with the inner battlement walkways beige. The back wall is plain grey. The other three sides have several slit windows and patches of pencilled stone brickwork.

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Object type	Toytown building
Title	Castle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Painted and glued plywood and card Paint Plywood Card Painting Glueing
Brief description	Painted wood and card building, a castle made by S G Hulme Beaman in the 1920s
Physical description	A model castle of the castellated keep type made primarily of card. It is rectangular in shape with four turret towers, one at each corner with battlements in between. The entrance at the front is an arched brick effect doorway with a black portcullis in the closed position. The interior is a courtyard with four internal arched doorways. The castle is painted grey with the inner battlement walkways beige. The back wall is plain grey. The other three sides have several slit windows and patches of pencilled stone brickwork.
Dimensions	Base measurement length: 30.7cm Including turrets height: 28cm Base measurement width: 25.7cm
Credit line	Given by Betty Billett
Object history	One of Hulme Beaman's own original Toytown buildings 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	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.25-2000

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Record created	February 1, 2001
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O53729/castle-toytown-building-hulme-beaman-sydney/

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