The Chelmsford Sissies
Grayson Perry
- Art Funded
- 2004
- Dimensions
- Height: 65 cm; diameter: 39 cm
- Art Fund grant
- £2,500 (Total: £8,000)
- Vendor
- Grayson Perry
Sir Thomas Sissye was a Royalist who surrendered his band to Roundhead troops in 1648. As a humiliation Sissye and his men were forced to parade through Chelmsford wearing women's dress. Perry's alternative history is both wishful and celebratory. The transfer prints on the side refer to the expanding housing estates around the town.
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Chelmsford Museum and the Essex Regiment Museum
Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9AQ
01245 605 700
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Fri, 10am – 5pm (school holidays only)
Sat, 10am – 5pm Sun, 1pm – 4pm Closed 25 – 26 Dec, Fri during school term
