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The Truant
Factory:
F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter:
Webster, Thomas
(After)
White earthenware, moulded, decorated with coloured transfer prints under a slightly blue-green, finely crazed glaze. Blue, yellow and red with a brown key plate. Circular with a sloping rim and flat central area. 'The Truant', after Going to School by Thomas Webster, R.A., inscribed 'T. Webster 1834'. Encircled by a narrow border of conjoined bell flowers; outer oak leaf and acorn border on a grey-green ground. On the base, printed in brown 'THE TRUANT/BY/T WEBSTER'.
History note: Bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher in 1924
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 24.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Engraving after original painting by T. Webster illustrated in Art Journal for 1849, p. 322, though painting first exhibited in 1836. Engraved by T. Phillibrown. Size of painting 1ft 5 in x 1ft 2½ in.
Glaze
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
Moulding : White earthenware, decorated with coloured transfer prints under a slightly blue-green, finely crazed glaze, brown key plate
Accession number: GPL.166-1928
Primary reference Number: 15085
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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