Object Number 1957.1392

Object Name

Figure (John Wilkes)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Derby Porcelain Works (Maker)
c.1750-1848

Place of Origin

Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1764-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of base; Four patch marks

Subjects

John Wilkes; Political figure; John Lock; Literature; Philosophy

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

11.791 (H) , 5.757 (W) , 4.557 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.95 (H) , 14.624 (W) , 11.575 (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.
• Similar model and base Derby Wilkes figure with different painted and gilt details and mezzotint portraying Wilkes: p. 140, pls. 8-9, the figure c. 1768. Anonymous Wilkes mezzotint, c. 1764, shows similarly posed figure.
[Book] Young, Hilary. 1999 English Porcelain 1745- 95. Its Makers, Design, Marketing and Consumption.
• Figure perhaps from same mold, with differences in painting and gilding: p. 188, no. 72, Derby, modelled in the mid- or late 1760s
[Book] Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Similar figure of Wilkes with scroll inscribed "Bill of Rights": fig. 91
[Book] Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• Mention of modeler Pierre Stephan at Derby associated with models related to the Wilkes scandal (while models were issued prior to Stephan's arrival in England): p. 304
[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.
[Book] Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Staffordshire earthenware model of Wilkes (seated) with historical discussion: pp. 32-33, no. 21