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Toby with Airplane

Richard Slee, 1994

The Toby jug theme is part of Slee's questioning of Englishness and the continuing or changing meaning of English traditions. This work is typically ambiguous - is this a grumpy child with a toy plane, or a sort of nursery-rhyme King Kong? The enlarged scale helps to emphasise the strangeness of the Toby jug as an iconic form, like John Bull or Mr Punch.

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Title of artwork, date

Toby with Airplane, 1994

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Earthenware

Dimensions

48 x 40 x 23 cm

Grant

1600

Total cost

3240

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