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Description: | Artist: Herculaneum Pottery, pottery; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1805; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, bust, slip-casting; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [C.1102-1928]
Description: cream earthenware, moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in royal blue, yellow, flesh-pink, red, maroon, and black enamels. The socle has a large circular hole in its underside, under the bust. It is decorated on the front with a naval trophy in relief and has maroon lines round its upper and lower edges. The sitter faces front with his head turned slightly to his left left. He wears a pale brown wig tied in a queue at the back with a black bow, a white shirt with ruffles and high collar, a white waistcoat with yellow edges, a royal blue jacket with white facings, yellow trimming, buttonholes and epaulettes. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | lead-glazed earthenware bust Herculaneum Pottery | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1800; end=1805 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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