Object Number 1969.4723.018

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

"Mr GARRICK in the Character of ABEL DRUGGER"

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Guy Green (Printer)

Robert Sayer (Design inspiration)
1725-02//1794
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1777-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Front; Red printed "M[superscript r] GARRICK" and "[script] in the Character of ABEL DRUGGER"

Subjects

Theater; David Garrick

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

4.93 (H) , 4.93 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.54 (H) , 12.54 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Black-printed version, subject and source: p. 5, no. F1-8, "Mr Garrick in the Character of Abel Drugger" from Johnson's "The Alchemist." View is from Sayer's "Dramatic Characters" (1770).
[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Black-printed versions: pp. 534-5, nos. N.548-.550.