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The Bully
Factory:
F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter:
Mulready, William
(After)
Engraver:
Austin, Jesse
White earthenware, moulded, decorated with coloured transfer prints under a slightly blue-green, crazed glaze. Blue, yellow and red with a brown key plate. Circular with a sloping rim, flat central area and recessed base. 'The Bully', after William Mulready, R.A., inscribed 'W MULREADY RA PINX' and signed 'J AUSTIN SCULP'. Encircled by a narrow border of conjoined bell flowers; outer oak leaf and acorn border on a grey-green ground.
History note: Bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher in 1924
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 24.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Engraving after original painting 'The Wolf and the Lamb' by W. Mulready, illustrated in the Art Journal for 1856, p. 36. Engraved by C.W. Sharpe, though an engraving by J.H. Robinson had been published earlier but the plate destroyed. Size of painting 2ft x 1ft 8in.
Glaze
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
Moulding : White earthenware, decorated with coloured transfer prints under a slightly blue-green, crazed glaze, brown key plate
Accession number: GPL.167-1928
Primary reference Number: 15089
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Bully" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15089 Accessed: 2024-11-21 22:00:28
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