Object Number 1957.1393

Object Name

Figure (Catherine Macaulay)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Derby Porcelain Works (Probable maker)
c.1750-1848

Robert Edge Pine (Design inspiration)
1742-11/19/1788

James Caldwall (Design inspiration)
1739-1819

Place of Origin

Derby, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1777-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Front of pedestal; Painted in gilt script: "Government/ a/ Power Delegated/ for the/ Happiness/ of/ Mankind/ Conducted/ by/ Wisdom/ Justice/ and Mercy" and "Congress Pensylvania" below
2. Inscription; Side of pedestal; Painted in gilt script are the names: "Sydney/ Lock/ Milton/ Hamden/ Ludlow/ Harrington/ Burgh/ Dickenson"
3. Inscription; On book binding; Painted in gilt block letters: "MACAULEY/ HISTORY OF ENGLAND/ VOL./ I"

Subjects

John Milton; Literature; Macaulay, Catherine; Philosophy

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste, biscuit)

Techniques

Slip-cast, Molded, Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

12.957 (H) , 6.425 (W) , 3.937 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32.91 (H) , 16.32 (W) , 10 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Kelleway, Philip Arthur. 2009 Figures of the Enlightenment: Derby porcelain portrait statuettes and republican politics in the 1760s and 1770s. Derby Porcelain International Society. 6: 135-153.
• Figure probably from same mold, with different painted details as well as painted portrait: pp. 143-44, pls. 13-14, the painted portrait attributed to Robert Edge Pine, 1774. For James Caldwall 1775 engraving, see p. 147, pl. 16.
[Book] Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Similar figure: pp. 239- 241, fig. 193, no. 88, with incised "88" mark.
[Book] Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• Same subject and similar figure: p. 208
[Book] 1948 English Pottery and Porcelain Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum May 5th-June 29th, 1948.
• Similar figure, differently painted: p. 58 and pl. 68, no. 316
[Book] Beddoe, Stella. 2015 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain.
• Range of British earthenware and Chinese export porcelain with portraits or references to John Wilkes (1725-97): p. 109, nos. 491-497. Useful historical notes.