Skip to main content

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845): C.843-2016

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Rivers, Mary
Factory: Minton

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: The estate of G. D. V. Glynn

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.3 cm
Length: 7.2 cm
Width: 5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2016-01-25) by H.M. Government

Dating

19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Circa 1845 - Production date: AD 1843-03-18 : date of model

Note

Mary Rivers was the daughter of C.A. Rivers. She exhibited portrait busts at the Royal Academy in the early 1840s.

Components of the work

Base Length 4.2 cm

Materials used in production

Parian (porcelain)

Techniques used in production

Slip casting

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Mary Rivers Sc
  • Location: Reverse of shoulders of bust
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Name
  • Text: Published As the/Act Directs/Mar 18 1843
  • Location: On reverse of lower part of bust
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: inverted arrowhead with three dots below
  • Location: On inside of socle
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Factory mark

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 260.
  • Location: On underside of socle
  • Method of creation: Typed
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: Richard Dennis/Parian Exhibition/1984 (printed) 165 (biro)
  • Location: On reverse of bust partly over inscription
  • Method of creation: Printed and hand-written in blue biro
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.843-2016
Primary reference Number: 215840
Old number: 260
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 24 May 2017 Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215840 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:48:56

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/215840 |title=Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 00:48:56|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-215840

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...