Ronnie Barker
Statuette
2010 (made)
2010 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Bronze marquette of a statue of Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the BBC TV series Porridge. The bronze statue, sculpted by Martin Jennings and cast at the Pangolin Foundry in Chalford, Gloucestershire, was unveiled by Barker's widow, Joy, in 2010. It sits on a bench in Exchange Street, Aylesbury, the town where Barker begin his acting career. In an interview for the BBC Martin Jennings said that he had depicted Barker "in his Porridge character glancing up approvingly at the new theatre as if looking back happily over a long career to the days when he began it all in Aylesbury."
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ronnie Barker (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Marquette of a statue of Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the BBC TV series Porridge, sculpted by Martin Jennings, 2010 |
| Physical description | Bronze marquette of a man wearing overalls, with his arms crossed, hands under his arms, sitting on blocks. The figure mounted on a black metal base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE. |
| Object history | Came to the V&A as part of the Ronnie Barker Collection. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Bronze marquette of a statue of Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher in the BBC TV series Porridge. The bronze statue, sculpted by Martin Jennings and cast at the Pangolin Foundry in Chalford, Gloucestershire, was unveiled by Barker's widow, Joy, in 2010. It sits on a bench in Exchange Street, Aylesbury, the town where Barker begin his acting career. In an interview for the BBC Martin Jennings said that he had depicted Barker "in his Porridge character glancing up approvingly at the new theatre as if looking back happily over a long career to the days when he began it all in Aylesbury." |
| Other number | THM/407/11 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.220-2012 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2012 |
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