Jigsaw Design
c.1951 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Design by Leon Crossley for a puzzle of a troupe of musical chimpanzees at Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, c.1951.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour and gouache on card |
| Brief description | Design by Leon Crossley for a puzzle of a troupe of musical chimpanzees at Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, c.1951. Pencil, watercolour and gouache. Given by Leon Crossley. |
| Physical description | Pencil, watercolour and gouache design on Daler Board, by Leon Crossley for a puzzle depicting a troupe of seven musical chimpanzees playing a tambourine, clarinet, guitar, keyboard, maraccas, drums and cymbals, sitting on a platform in the ring of Bertram Mills' Circus, including the back of some heads of audience members in the foreground, rows of seated audience members on the other side of the ring, and their conductor in a blue jacket in front of them. Signed with monogram in the bottom right-hand corner LC. With protective paper attached inscribed 'This is the design for a jig-saw puzzle produced about 1951. The artist was Leon Crossley who has signed it on the reverse side.' |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'This is the design for / a jig-saw puzzle / produced about / 1951. / The artist was / Leon Crossley. / who has signed / it on the reverse / side' (Inscribed in black ink on the protective wrapper.) |
| Credit line | Given by Leon Crossley |
| Production | This was probably painted at Bertram Mills at Olympia and not on tour. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Design by Leon Crossley for a puzzle of a troupe of musical chimpanzees at Bertram Mills' Circus, Olympia, c.1951. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.656-1982 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2007 |
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