15929702690001312637261000Standard Recordobject-39354170206257755514709255270001702062268675fitz-onlineadlib-object-39354https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/3935415e1feac-a5ad-35a7-ae35-5c3e5bfccbbb4personreferenceagent-158063adlib-agent-158063014d01cf-5bc3-35df-af3a-eaa362cabfefDryden, Johnreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain figure of a Poet, perhaps Dryden, of a greysh-white colour, with a little gilding left.Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Poet, perhaps Dryden,, of slightly greyish-white colour, moulded, and lead-glazed, with remnants of gilding. The glaze around the lower edges and the lower part of the pedestal is very thin. The unglazed underside is closed, and uneven. On the right of the thick, shaped base is a rectangular moulded pedestal with three masks linked by swags in relief below the top, on which is a pile of four books, with a little gilding on the spines. The poet stands on his right leg with the left relaxed at the knee, leaning on his left elbow on the pile of books, and supporting his head on his left hand. In his right hand he holds an unrolled scroll. He has short straight hair, and wears a shirt, jacket, breeches, and shoes with ribbons on top. He has his right arm through the sleeve of a long gown, which is drawn across his body and falls down to the ground at the back.C.27-19731accession numberC.27-197339354priref39354urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/39354https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/39354referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased from Dr and Mrs H. Statham Collection with the Cunliffe Fund and grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museumreferenceagent-157424adlib-agent-157424cf22456c-5195-35f9-91d6-39d0dcccc86dCollection of Dr & Mrs H. Statham197319731973boughtEntry date: 1973-05-0317551755CE1755circa1755176011760CE17601760possiblyfactoryreferenceagent-156379adlib-agent-1563790c1c2442-d77d-3ccc-825c-68420ac0d648Vauxhall Porcelain Factoryformer attributionfactoryreferenceagent-157353adlib-agent-157353ee341976-4c4e-3243-8299-77c6d3a242eaLongton Hall Porcelain Manufactoryformer attributionproprietorreferenceagent-161414adlib-agent-16141487bcc399-21dd-3c02-a903-525ea0d51ca6William Littler & Co.A prototype has not been identified, but the format is comparable to that of Scheemaker's monument to Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, or John Cheere's bronzed plaster of Milton belonging to York City Art Gallery.This model was formerly attributed to Longton Hall ans was O82 in Bradshaw's list of late Longton Hall figures. He dated these between October 1757 when the Rev. Robert Charlesworth (1717-71) became a shareholder, and September 1760 when he sold off the factory's stock in Salisbury, having advertised the dissolution of the partnership on 9 June of that year.See Documentation., Bradshaw, 1981.
It has since been suggested that the figure is more likely to have been made at the Vauxhall Porcelain factory, see Documentation, Massey, 2014.referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-110043adlib-term-110043637f6c30-a5eb-397f-9cc6-9e2f5a3d150bliteralEnglandEnglandcountryliteralSurreySurreyregionVauxhallreferenceterm-110389adlib-term-1103896a581738-18db-3f82-921a-35963516d3cfliteralEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionLongton Hallglassy typereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainpresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeHeightcm25Widthcm13.8referenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory noteDr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Hugh Statham died 1967; Mrs Margaret Statham died 1970referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Mentioned pp. 33 and 117, and illustrated pl. 79.33, 117referencepublication-2714adlib-publication-271417f1e6d7-5774-3881-a2ae-c2350391ddbbEnglish Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth CenturyRef. p. 309, model O80. See also pp. 223 and 235223, 235,309referencepublication-2721adlib-publication-27212c88b854-02af-3d32-8222-0e69e8451a7dEighteenth Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-17951-21referencepublication-200003007adlib-publication-200003007a07276f6-110f-32e8-aac8-540b0cc48ce0Vauxhall porcelain figuresreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefiguresoft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, glazed and giltreferenceterm-120096adlib-term-1200967cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7slip-castingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Figure of a Poet, perhaps Drydenobject
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