Print Collection
Print
1976 (drawn), 1978 (printed)
1976 (drawn), 1978 (printed)
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Stewart Waghorn, the artist of this drawing of Chipperfield's four-mast Big Top, was trained as an architect. He specialised in looking at circus tents with an architect's eye and this is one of a series of 'Tentmaster' prints after his own drawings.
The artist noted the technical details of Chipperfield's Big Top on this print so we know it was made by the tentmakers Stroymeyer in Konstanz, Germany, and that it had a seating capacity of about 2,000. It was 120 feet in diameter with four steel prefabricated lattice masts, each in two sections, with 40 quarter poles painted red and yellow. The deep blue canvas top had 8 sections, 4 quarters and 4 middles, with red and yellow trimmings. The yellow and red PVC side wallings were 13 feet high with 120 side poles painted red.
The artist noted the technical details of Chipperfield's Big Top on this print so we know it was made by the tentmakers Stroymeyer in Konstanz, Germany, and that it had a seating capacity of about 2,000. It was 120 feet in diameter with four steel prefabricated lattice masts, each in two sections, with 40 quarter poles painted red and yellow. The deep blue canvas top had 8 sections, 4 quarters and 4 middles, with red and yellow trimmings. The yellow and red PVC side wallings were 13 feet high with 120 side poles painted red.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | printing ink on cartridge paper |
| Brief description | Chipperfield's Big Top, Keymer, Sussex, 1976. Print from an original drawing by Stewart Waghorn, ARCA, printed by Woodcote Press, copyright Rosaire Prints 1978, Tentmaster Series no.1. |
| Physical description | Print on white paper of the exterior of Chipperfield's four-mast Big Top or circus tent with a blue canvas top, and red and yellow panels for the side walls. Below the image is the title CHIPPERFIELD'S BIG TOP, KEYMER, SUSSEX, 1976' with a detailed description of the construction of the tent. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed by the artist in pencil bottom right 'S.J. Waghorn' |
| Credit line | Given by Stewart Waghorn ARCA |
| Production | World copyright 1978: Rosaire Prints, Tentmaster Series No.1. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Stewart Waghorn, the artist of this drawing of Chipperfield's four-mast Big Top, was trained as an architect. He specialised in looking at circus tents with an architect's eye and this is one of a series of 'Tentmaster' prints after his own drawings. The artist noted the technical details of Chipperfield's Big Top on this print so we know it was made by the tentmakers Stroymeyer in Konstanz, Germany, and that it had a seating capacity of about 2,000. It was 120 feet in diameter with four steel prefabricated lattice masts, each in two sections, with 40 quarter poles painted red and yellow. The deep blue canvas top had 8 sections, 4 quarters and 4 middles, with red and yellow trimmings. The yellow and red PVC side wallings were 13 feet high with 120 side poles painted red. |
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| Accession number | S.387-1989 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2007 |
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