Tempera on canvas
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Punch and Judy
Purchased 1931
adults
arts and entertainment
audience
balloon
characters
entertainer
fine arts and music
groups
instrument, penny whistle
leisure and pastimes
literature and fiction
man
music and entertainment
objects
people
Punch
puppet
puppet show
toys and models
woman
work and occupations
painting tempera canvas
Punch and Judy
support: 2286 × 1861 mm
Purchased 1931
<p><b>N04570</b> PUNCH AND JUDY 1911
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Casein or wax medium on canvas, 90×73 1/4 (229×186).
<br/>Purchased from the Borough Polytechnic (Clarke Fund) 1931.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Mural Decorative Paintings</i>, Whitechapel Art Gallery, May–June 1935 (108).</p>
<p>One of a group of mural <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> done for the Borough Polytechnic in 1911. See Adeney, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/adeney-toy-sailing-boats-the-round-pond-n04568" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04568</span></a>.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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adults arts and entertainment audience balloon characters entertainer fine arts and music groups instrument, penny whistle leisure and pastimes literature and fiction man music and entertainment objects people Punch puppet puppet show toys and models woman work and occupations