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Alan Tracy

Puppet
1965-1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rod puppet of Alan Tracy, a character from the children's television programme Thunderbirds. The puppet has a composition head and body and polyurethane foam legs, on a metal frame, and rubber hands. The figure is dressed in a blue nylon suit with a pale grey leatherette belt and sash with the International Rescue logo on it. There are blue leather boots with card soles. The head is articulated and the eyes and lower lip move. The features are moulded and the hair is blond. A metal rod with a plastic handle and nylon strings is attached.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAlan Tracy (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Moulded and painted composition; polyurethane foam; metal; rubber; nylon; leatherette; leather
Brief description
Rod puppet of Alan Tracy (Thunderbirds), made in the 1960s by Christine Glanville
Physical description
Rod puppet of Alan Tracy, a character from the children's television programme Thunderbirds. The puppet has a composition head and body and polyurethane foam legs, on a metal frame, and rubber hands. The figure is dressed in a blue nylon suit with a pale grey leatherette belt and sash with the International Rescue logo on it. There are blue leather boots with card soles. The head is articulated and the eyes and lower lip move. The features are moulded and the hair is blond. A metal rod with a plastic handle and nylon strings is attached.
Dimensions
  • Figure only height: 81cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Nancy Fletcher
Object history
Bequeathed by Nancy Fletcher (1924-1999), known professionally as Christine Glanville, who worked with Gerry Anderson as a puppeteer.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
B.266-2000

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Record createdMarch 19, 2001
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