Victorian white-face clown marionette in performance at the V&A, 2018
Drawing
29/04/2018 (drawn)
29/04/2018 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
This sketch was made at the Victoria and Albert museum by the Brighton-based illustrator, author, poet performer and teacher Curtis Tappenden. He particularly enjoys sketching circus and has made hundreds of lightning drawings capturing the moment at the ringside, but sketched this image while the white-face clown marionette was being performed in the Globe, in the European Galleries, during the museum performance festival on Sunday, 29 April 2018. Curtis was in the museum to run a drawing workshop, and also sketched Metta Theatre's show in the lecture theatre.
The white-face clown (S.21-2005) is one of a number of Victorian marionettes from the Jim Tiller troupe. Constructed from carved and painted wood, and stuffed calico with leather joints, he is dressed in woollen stockings that would have been knitted by one of the Tiller family and a cotton, frilled tunic with matching pantaloons.
The white-face clown (S.21-2005) is one of a number of Victorian marionettes from the Jim Tiller troupe. Constructed from carved and painted wood, and stuffed calico with leather joints, he is dressed in woollen stockings that would have been knitted by one of the Tiller family and a cotton, frilled tunic with matching pantaloons.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Victorian white-face clown marionette in performance at the V&A, 2018 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Chinagraph wax pencil on paper |
| Brief description | A white-face clown, one of the V&A museum's Jim Tiller marionettes, in performance in the Globe, European Galleries, V&A Performance Festival, 29 April 2018. Drawing by Curtis Tappenden |
| Physical description | Lightning sketch of a white-face clown marionette in performance |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed by the artist in pencil recto
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This sketch was made at the Victoria and Albert museum by the Brighton-based illustrator, author, poet performer and teacher Curtis Tappenden. He particularly enjoys sketching circus and has made hundreds of lightning drawings capturing the moment at the ringside, but sketched this image while the white-face clown marionette was being performed in the Globe, in the European Galleries, during the museum performance festival on Sunday, 29 April 2018. Curtis was in the museum to run a drawing workshop, and also sketched Metta Theatre's show in the lecture theatre. The white-face clown (S.21-2005) is one of a number of Victorian marionettes from the Jim Tiller troupe. Constructed from carved and painted wood, and stuffed calico with leather joints, he is dressed in woollen stockings that would have been knitted by one of the Tiller family and a cotton, frilled tunic with matching pantaloons. |
| Associated object | S.21-2005 (Object) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.568-2018 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2018 |
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