Skip to main content

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): C.1103-2016

Awaiting location update

Titles

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: The estate of G. D. V. Glynn

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.5 cm
Length: 12.7 cm
Width: 7.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2016-01-25) by H.M. Government

Components of the work

Base Length 5.8 cm Width 5.8 cm

Materials used in production

Parian (porcelain)

Techniques used in production

Slip casting

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: WORDSWORTH
  • Location: Front of base
  • Method of creation: Marked
  • Type: Title
  • Text: COPYRIGHT AS ACT DIRECTS / W.H. GOSS / STOKE-ON-TRENT / [illegible date]
  • Location: Reverse of bust
  • Method of creation: Marked
  • Type: Maker's name

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1103-2016
Primary reference Number: 216119
Old number: 305

Audit data

Created: Friday 2 June 2017 Updated: Tuesday 4 June 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "William Wordsworth (1770-1850)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/216119 Accessed: 2024-04-24 11:38:39

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/216119 |title=William Wordsworth (1770-1850) |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-24 11:38:39|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-216119

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Print

Portrait of William Wordsworth

Accession Number: P.11861-R

An image of PB 17-1993_mark_201809_mfj22_dc1.jpg

Poems from Wordsworth

Accession Number: PB 17-1993

An image of Print

William Wordsworth

Accession Number: P.217-1944

An image of Print

William Wordsworth

Accession Number: P.10551-R

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Arts & Crafts Tiles - Notecard pack

Arts & Crafts Tiles - Notecard pack

£6.00

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: No. 28 Tahmineh comes to Rostam

No. 28 Tahmineh comes to Rostam

Featured image for the project: Matthew Parker’s rosewater basin and ewer with hinged cover

Matthew Parker’s rosewater basin and ewer with hinged cover

Featured image for the project: Basin with five scenes from Genesis

Basin with five scenes from Genesis

Featured image for the project: Basin with The Triumph of Neptune and The Battle between Marine Centaurs

Basin with The Triumph of Neptune and The Battle between Marine Centaurs

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo