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Ceramics home: Porcelain: Bow.

Ceramic object

figure; male figure

Accession number: 69.82
Producer: Bow
Collection place: Bow, London [Tower Hamlets]
Production date: c. 1750
Material: ceramic; porcelain; soft paste porcelain
Measurements: H c. 273 mm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: White porcelain figure of the actor, Henry Woodward (1714-1777), wearing a tricorne hat, a coat, waistcoat and breeches, his sword behind his leg, standing before a ruined pillar on a square base. After a pencil drawing by Francis Hayman, and the mezzotint engraving by McArdell, 'Mr Woodward in the Character of Ye Fine Gentleman' in Garrick's 'Lethe'.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Porcelain.
Sub-category: Bow.

Related publications

Gabszewicz, Anton; Freeman, Geoffrey, Bow porcelain. The collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman London: Lund Humphries, (1982). (Object details: p 122, Another example, illustrated)

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