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Figure (David Garrick as Richard III)
David Garrick as Richard III
William Hogarth
1900-1930
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Hogarth (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.166
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.166
Object Name
Figure (David Garrick as Richard III)
Title
David Garrick as Richard III
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Creator (Role)
William Hogarth (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1900-1930
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Old collection label with number "81"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with "X X/2" in blue ink
Type: Label
Location: Reverse
Inscription: Label with blue ink "34020/8371/ (1"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Theater
- Monarchs and nobility
- Shakespeare
- William
- History
- Government
- Illustrious Moderns
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Extruded
- Gilded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
9.9 (H) x 8 (W) x 2.8 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25.2 (H) x 20 (W) x 7.1 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• Mid-19th-century polychrome version: p. 20, fig. 7Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Colored, Victorian versions: p. 297, fig. 1079, showing three sizes and Hogarth's 1745 engraving of David Garrick as Richard III in "Nightmare Scene" as inspiration.Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• Design source and Victorian titled version: p. 27, pl. 11C (design source); p. E367, fig. 22; another p. E360, col. pl. 44. (See Notes)Book: Hall, John. 1972 Staffordshire Portrait Figures.
• Plaque with the bust of David Garrick on p.78, plate 60.Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Mezzotint and two Derby porcelain figures of Garrick as Richard III, standing with sword: pp. 186-88, figs. 144-45, nos. 20-21, with period details.Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• Hogarth, Garrick and Drury Lane Theater as ceramic design inspiration: pp. 94-99, including (p. 95, fig. 81) Hogarth's "Garrick in the Character of Richard III" (July 1746)