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On Display: House - Simsbury Room
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"Mr MACKLIN in the Character of Sr GILBERT WRANGLE"
Guy Green, J. Roberts, Thornthwaite
1777-1780
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Guy Green (Printer)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.4723.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4723.001
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"Mr MACKLIN in the Character of Sr GILBERT WRANGLE"
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Guy Green (Printer); J. Roberts (Design inspiration); Thornthwaite (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1777-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Red printed "M[superscript r] MACKLIN" and "[script] in the Character of S[superscript r] GILBERT WRANGLE"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Theater
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H) x 4.87 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.7 (H) x 12.38 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Black-printed version, subject and source: p. 60, no. F1-22, "Mr Macklin in the Character of Sr Gilbert Wrangle" from Colley Cibber's "The Refusal." The portrait copies an April 5, 1777 dated print by Thornthwaite after Roberts in Bell's "British Theatre"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. 539, 546-547, nos. N.579-.581.