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On Display: House - Simsbury Room
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"Mrs YATES in the Character of JANE SHORE"
Guy Green, Collyer, Daniel Dodd
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
1969.4723.004
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4723.004
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"Mrs YATES in the Character of JANE SHORE"
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Guy Green (Printer); Collyer (Design inspiration); Daniel Dodd (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] in the Character of JANE SHORE"
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. F1-34, and fig. 24, "Mrs Yates in the Character of Jane Shore" from Rowe's "Jane Shore." The portrait (illus.) copies a September 2, 1776 print by Collyer after Dodd in Lowndes's "New English 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.600-.602.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.