15929996730001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76252170292705124117029030010001702926925706fitz-onlineadlib-object-76252https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/762520b5ca987-7c6b-31de-9392-9c8f258743525possibly a figure from Byron's poem 'The Corsair'referenceagent-21023adlib-agent-21023be67191c-7958-3bfc-b306-2cdf5f376821Byronpossibly an actor performing 'Richard III'referenceagent-184208adlib-agent-1842087e7a506d-6f8d-3a35-8379-8e43e1692a19Shakespearepossibly an actor performing Shakespeare's 'Richard III'referenceagent-161336adlib-agent-161336655e1c34-8534-3880-a675-b0ce6bbc902bRichard IIIpersonreferenceagent-161211adlib-agent-161211cdc6e8f8-643f-3162-81e3-7a4365b1675bConradpersonreferenceagent-188236adlib-agent-1882367f4ddd61-b70f-3e87-9a1f-be1fecb094b0Edmund Keanreferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwareblack, green, red, orange, yellow, pink and flesh-pinkreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-110416adlib-term-1104167347190c-472e-3638-b3f2-acd96e09c0cfunderglaze cobalt-bluereferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsWhite earthenware moulded in three parts, with separately moulded arms and hat trim and small shards of clay added as decoration. Lead glazed. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue and with black, green, red, orange, yellow, pink and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt.A man stands with left leg resting on an upper rock, his hand on his knee. His right hand holds a scroll. He looks away over his right shoulder. The figure is well coloured. He wears a short orange cape and a blue doublet over a white shirt, with pink and green striped shoulders. His breeches and the feathers in his hat are also pink and green, and he has a pink belt tied around his waist. His clothes are edged with gilt and his black boots have mustard-yellow tops. He has a moustache and long black hair. The ground is green and yellow with lightly combed dark pink touches; two of the tufts have pink flower centres. The base is shaped like a tear-drop; it has a gilt line across the front and on top it is moulded to form a rocky mound, with three applied tufts of foliage. The underside is concave and glazed, with a vent hole towards the back. The back is flat, decorated to the top and marked with diagonal scoring to the clay below.C.869-19841accession numberC.869-198476252priref76252urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76252https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76252Rectangular paper labelunderside of basehandwritten in blue ink‘Conrad or Byron’s corsair’labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs J E Cameron, from the collection of the late Col R G Turner. 1984referenceagent-155987adlib-agent-155987e436f445-fa38-38a0-bdfd-83e40b0508c9Cameron, J.E., Mrs198419841984givenEntry date: 1984-10-2218501850CE1850circa1850187011870CE1870circa1870productionreferenceagent-187914adlib-agent-1879143ff8e302-3ac3-3560-9a60-800ee4445118Unidentified factoryAn alternative source may be a performance by the English actor Edmund Kean (1789-1833) as Richard III, at the Brighton Theatre,c.1815. Pugh (1970) illustrates a 9 inch version which, whilst more elaborately modelled and decorated and in slightly more flamboyant pose, undoubtedly represents the same figure; this had been found with a paper label indicating its source was a print from the production. However, the original print has so far not been identified.The flattened, partially coloured back and the use of underglaze cobalt blue indicate a date of c.1850-1870. There were many manufacturers of figures working in Staffordshire at this time, but there are no typical features here to suggest that the figure can be attributed to a particular factory.This figure is almost certainly a literary or theatrical character. It has been thought to represent ‘Conrad’, the pirate chief hero of Byron’s poem ‘The Corsair' (first published in 1814), but no evidence has been found to support this attribution.referenceterm-109672adlib-term-109672a788e98b-c8a4-313c-9617-1a812228e86419th Century, Mid#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-107611adlib-term-107611790e5a19-a186-34d5-a16e-2d8dff9f6247white earthenwarereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDepthcm5.5Depthin2.25Heightcm20.0Heightin7.875Widthcm8.9Widthin3.5referencemedia-47254adlib-media-472542309849f-2b0f-38da-b4b8-1a96edc98e68jpegaa/aa2/C_869_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029266396911imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_869_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50017029266396911imagejpegaa/aa2/C_869_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029266396911imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_869_1984_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25017029266396911image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figureobject namereferenceterm-130674adlib-term-1306742728ba11-801b-318a-8f24-c6f4b99f08e3Victorian Staffordshire figurecategoryreferenceterm-130678adlib-term-130678c683fbc6-ba3a-3ab1-b2f5-41493ff3588dflat-backed figurecategoryhistory noteFrom the collection of the late Colonel R.G. Turner.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. Plate E140, Fig.287 (a); a similar figure, though 7 ¼ inches and with the right hand and scroll held over the left, and differently decorated. Also two other versions of the same figure. Pugh discusses the origins of the figure on p.523. Noting that there seems to be no evidence for the traditional title of this figure, Pugh leaves it an open question.p. 477, 523referencepublication-3585adlib-publication-3585784308ef-9535-3132-970c-45af8a273a64Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian EraCf: Fig.1414: three very similar, though differently decorated, 7.25 inch figures, also found 6.25 and 9 ionches. Harding notes identification as either ‘Conrad’ (pirate chief from Byson’s ‘The Corsair’) or Edmund Kean ans Richard III, but finds no evidence for either.368referencepublication-7227adlib-publication-72276dc55e19-7dee-3713-a8a4-c81f86e35351Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary charactersreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigureWhite earthenware moulded in three parts, with separately moulded arms and hat trim and small shards of clay added as decoration. Lead glazed. Painted underglaze in cobalt blue and with black, green, red, orange, yellow, pink and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed, with a vent hole towards the back. The back is flat, decorated to the top and marked with diagonal scoring to the clay below.in three parts, with subsidiary partsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingpossible titleConrad the Corsairpossible titleEdmund Kean as Richard IIIobject
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