The Magician's House
Toytown Building
1920-1930 (made)
1920-1930 (made)
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A model building in three sections made primarily of card. The central block of the building has three storeys. The ground floor has a large open multi-paned window. The first floor consists of a separate overhang addition. The left hand block has three storeys and the main door at ground level coloured in brown stripes to give a planked effect. There are symbols painted on the door including two stars and a crescent moon. The first and second floors of this section overhang and there is an attic window in the roof. The right hand block is single storey with a small pink door. The building is painted white with brown beams and supports on the left block. There are four different sections of roof with light brown corrugated tile effect on three. The roof of the central section is pyramidal and has a brown slat effect. The building is hollow with a two cutout open sections at the back.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | The Magician's House (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted and glued plywood and card |
| Brief description | Painted wood and card building, the Magician's House, made by S G Hulme Beaman in the 1920s |
| Physical description | A model building in three sections made primarily of card. The central block of the building has three storeys. The ground floor has a large open multi-paned window. The first floor consists of a separate overhang addition. The left hand block has three storeys and the main door at ground level coloured in brown stripes to give a planked effect. There are symbols painted on the door including two stars and a crescent moon. The first and second floors of this section overhang and there is an attic window in the roof. The right hand block is single storey with a small pink door. The building is painted white with brown beams and supports on the left block. There are four different sections of roof with light brown corrugated tile effect on three. The roof of the central section is pyramidal and has a brown slat effect. The building is hollow with a two cutout open sections at the back. |
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| 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 | |
| Accession number | B.31-2000 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2001 |
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