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Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"Mrs YATES as LADY TOWNLEY"
Guy Green, Thornthwaite, J. Roberts
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
1969.4723.002
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4723.002
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"Mrs YATES as LADY TOWNLEY"
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Guy Green (Printer); Thornthwaite (Design inspiration); J. Roberts (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 rs] YATES" and "[script] as LADY TOWNLEY"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Theater
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H) x 5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.7 (H) x 12.7 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Black-printed version, subject and source: p. 62, no. F1-35, "Mrs Tates in the Character of Lady Townley" from Vanbrugh's "The Provoked Husband." The print source, by Thornthwaite after J. Roberts, is dated November 24, 1776 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: p. 543, nos. N.603.Book: Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Black-printed version and Bell's published image: pp. 276-7, no. 789 and fig. 63, the latter reproducing the illustration "Mr Smith and Mrs Yates in the Characters of Lord and Lady Townley," from Bell's "British Theatre" (1776).Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Mrs. Yates as Mandane, painted on Worcester coffeecup, c. 1775: The Crane Collection, London, March 31, 2010, lot 301, character form play Cyrus, by John Hoole. Opened Covent Garden 1768.