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On Display: House - Simsbury Room
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"Mr WILSON in the Character of OLD MIRABEL"
Guy Green, Daniel Dodd, John Goldar
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
1969.4723.019
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4723.019
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"Mr WILSON in the Character of OLD MIRABEL"
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Guy Green (Printer); Daniel Dodd (Design inspiration); John Goldar (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] WILSON" and "[script] in the Character of OLD MIRABEL"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Theater
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
4.87 (H) x 5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.38 (H) x 12.7 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Black-printed version, subject and source: p. 61, no. F1-29, "Mr Wilson in the Characacter of Old Mirabel" from Farquhar's "The Inconstant." View is after a May 3, 1777 dated illustration by Goldar after Dodd, in Lowndes's "New English Theater"