1669831225000 1669809811000 Standard Record object-311910 1757613694815 1757540780000 1757613692791 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-311910 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311910 31357519-b892-3003-85e6-4c74633ed741 6 reference agent-209911 adlib-agent-209911 e7cefd9f-45cf-3749-bd9e-2b2ef278c4c6 Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-96) reference term-37418 adlib-term-37418 094f2c84-dc70-3a83-80cd-d0464924a992 ceramic reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware slightly blueish reference term-32652 adlib-term-32652 82d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7be glaze Surfaced reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration in black reference term-147681 adlib-term-147681 fc4750bd-ad16-3507-bbf4-622a2a87e2c8 transfer-printing overglaze in pale green, bluish-green, yellow, pink, red, flesh, pale orange, dark brown and black reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting Part reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Applied Arts Glazed white earthenware plaque, printed in black and painted in pale green, bluish-green, yellow, pale orange, pink, red, grey and black with a bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe in an oval frame with below, a rectangular pale orange panel inscribed in black: 'MRS HARRIET BEECHER STOWE/THE AUTHOR OF/UNCLE TOM'S CABIN' (the RS of MRS smaller and raised). The portrait is surrounded by black and white male and female characters from said novel, and a whip and shackles lie in the foreground. A narrow gold band and a wider gold band encircle the rim. C.16-2022 1 accession number C.16-2022 311910 priref 311910 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311910 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311910 Printed on a rectangular panel beneath the frame Front of plaque, beneath roundel printed MRS HARRIET BEECHER STOWE / THE AUTHOR OF / UNCLE TOM'S CABIN inscription rectangular white paper stick-on label at top of the back hand-written in black ink HARRIET BEECHER/STOWE/D.A.D./S.A.S./9.6.01 and sideways on left 289B label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2022 reference agent-206881 adlib-agent-206881 298fdcfd-5680-3419-ac36-f18d7b377a9d Historical & Collectable reference agent-149645 adlib-agent-149645 10925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14d The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 2022 2022 2022 given 1855 1855 after 1852 circa 1855 designer reference agent-32351 adlib-agent-32351 a613b71c-0a90-36af-b40e-a5497dcacef5 Cruikshank, George maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown This plaque celebrates Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96), author of the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century, 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin'. First published in two volumes in 1852, the novel has frequently been credited with galvanising America's anti-slavery movement, but Stowe's reduction of her black characters to distinctive 'types' simultaneously encouraged negative stereotyping. The design on this plaque is after the upper half of a print, a design for an advertising broadside, designed by George Cruickshank and engraved by John Thompson, publicising a pirated 1852 edition of the novel produced by publisher, John Cassell. Notably, Cruickshank’s original design does not include the whip and broken shackles that are so prominently placed in the foreground of the design on the plaque, which must have been added by the ceramic factory’s transfer print designer, presumably to emphasize the brutality of slavery and the suffering of enslaved people. This plaque with its totally plain and flat back, and bright attractive colours, would have been intended for prominent display (likely mounting on a wall, placement on a shelf or on a table), clearly communicating the abolitionist views of the owner. For the artist's proof of the original design, see V&A no. 9442. Two original preparatory sketches for this design are in the collection of the British Museum, 1975,U.674 and 1975,U.675, the first mentioned more detailed than the other. reference term-140302 adlib-term-140302 e2ee0a2b-cb3c-3aa3-a16d-fa138275b21d 19th Century, Mid white reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Depth cm 1 Diameter cm 16.4 reference term-107484 adlib-term-107484 935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fd plaque history note Purchased from Historical and Collectable online auction, ‘Commemoratives, Fairings, Stevengraphs, Staffordshire Pot Lids and Prattware’ on Tuesday 18 October 2022, lot 86. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum people reference term-147686 adlib-term-147686 99d849ba-0f3d-30a7-a7d8-b923cb60a0e1 enslaved people literal enslaved people enslaved people

reference term-107484 adlib-term-107484 935e21d3-0b7f-3ca6-9987-b79c82e054fd plaque

plaque white earthenware, glazed, transfer-printed in black and painted in pale green, bluish-green, yellow, pink, red, flesh, pale orange, dark brown and black enamels and gilded round the edge of the frame of the portrait and the outer edge of the plaque reference term-27616 adlib-term-27616 61e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987 glazing (coating) object OBJECT