15929994570001312637261000Standard Recordobject-41984170292700365517029084500001702926923406fitz-onlineadlib-object-41984https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41984dcbd4a4f-4506-3e64-8a02-7dbac9f6801e8personreferenceagent-157676adlib-agent-157676d29fdee2-741f-3ec2-b8d6-d5f792a93100Clive, Kittyreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainDepthcm13.7Widthcm15.0BaseWidthcm17.3Skirtreferenceterm-23557adlib-term-23557194aa9d9-b56f-3c7d-8624-28305a4d3af5arts/architecturereferenceterm-107359adlib-term-107359d5be0b0d-3959-3dc6-9196-611577dd1604theatreApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of Kitty Clive as 'The Fine Lady' in Lethe, press-moulded, and lead-glazed.Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of Kitty Clive as 'The Fine Lady' in Lethe, press-moulded and lead-glazed, including the inside walls of the pedestal. The figure is supported on a high square pedestal with cut corners and incurved sides, decorated on the front with a musical trophy in relief, and on the sides with frilling. 'The Fine Lady' stands facing the front, with her head back. She wears a pinner, a ruffle round her neck, a pet-en-lair jacket with a sack back, ruffled sleeves, and small bobbles on the cuffs and front edges, and a wide hooped skirt. She rests her left arm over the skirt and holds a lapdog under her right arm. The date '1750' is incised on the inside of one side of the pedestal.40referenceexhibition-1516adlib-exhibition-151632a077a9-2975-3a1a-828c-ce1dc03f035eBow Porcelain 1744-1776, A Special Exhibition of documentary material to commemorate the bi-centenary of the retirement of Thomas Fryereferenceexhibition-2590adlib-exhibition-2590c21f7f32-d6d0-331e-8f16-488b0f21af91The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah SiddonsEC.3-19381accession numberEC.3-193841984priref41984urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41984https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41984circular inscribed in blue biroinscribed in blue biro40labelcircularprinted in blackFITZ/MUSlabelinside one side of the pedestalincised1750datereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs W.D. Dicksonreferenceagent-180712adlib-agent-180712855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284feDickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs193819381938givenEntry date: 1938-01-181750CE1750dated1750factoryreferenceagent-157665adlib-agent-157665b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3Bow Porcelain Manufactoryafterprinterreferenceagent-157675adlib-agent-157675fe178d12-78f8-3bd7-b926-b6ecd0607034Mosely, Charlesafterpainterreferenceagent-147263adlib-agent-147263b1666c81-0326-343f-8fda-1eaf5a219a95Worlidge, ThomasThe Dublin-born actress, Catherine Clive (née Rafter, 1711-85), known as Kitty, joined the cast of Garrick's farce, Lethe as Mrs Riot or 'The Fine Lady' in 1749.The Bow model of Kitty was derived from a mezzotint of 1750 by Charles Mosely, traditionally said to be after a water-clour drawing by Thomas Worlidge. For an illustration of the mezzotint, see Documentation, Yarborough, 1996.referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-110490adlib-term-110490bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralEssexEssexregionStratford-le-Bowpresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazepresumed phosphaticreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm31.3referencemedia-17291adlib-media-17291eeddc153-a0c3-3004-9b52-15397cf041dbjpegaa/aa20/EC_3_1938.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels51917029265067821imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_EC_3_1938.jpg1heightpixels732widthpixels50017029265067821imagejpegaa/aa20/EC_3_1938.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels51917029265067821imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_EC_3_1938.jpg1heightpixels366widthpixels25017029265067821image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurehistory noteMr Mansell, Bournemouth; Mrs W.D. Dickson1referenceobject-41511adlib-object-41511606d31a7-36e0-381c-b8cc-1dac6fa405581reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 25, no. 40, and figs. 18 and 19p. 25referencepublication-2790adlib-publication-279053315c59-43eb-3264-8899-39f6ceaccf90Bow Porcelain 1744-1776, A Special Exhibition of Documentary Material to Commemorate the Bi-centenary of the Retirement of Thomas FryePubl. p. 59, fig. 12a59referencepublication-8754adlib-publication-8754d35be46a-5248-3385-96df-a3465ee6147cBow Porcelain: a narrativePubl. pp. 40-44, on p. 41, fig. IIpp. 40-4referencepublication-200000889adlib-publication-200000889ce779f73-b184-3b15-8ceb-62ee3cdc5b30Some Consequences of the Bow Porcelain Special Exhibition, Part I: The Alderman Arnold Period (Nov 1748-March 1750)referencepublication-2805adlib-publication-28052f744d2c-8219-3a5e-adfa-4103371fd081Antiques, 1960Publ. p. 150, pl. 183p. 150referencepublication-2806adlib-publication-2806b857d331-b8ae-396e-96f1-531b38e023feThe Art of Ceramics, European Ceramic Design 1500-1830referencepublication-2758adlib-publication-2758aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157bBow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774Ref. For an illustration of the mezzotint by Charles Mosely, see p. 21, fig. 31, and see pp. 20-26 for Kitty Clive and Lethe.pp. 20-6referencepublication-2761adlib-publication-27613388becd-0e43-3a5d-87ae-2b0d22ec610fBow Porcelain and the London Theatre: vivitur ingenioCf. An example on high pedestal, see p. 9, I.6, and pl. 2p. 9referencepublication-2716adlib-publication-27161839e893-0fd8-312e-9443-9e7bccf27506Catalogue of the Collection of English Porcelain in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museumreferencepublication-2807adlib-publication-280791f301d0-c57f-3295-999f-34b598aca12fFine English Pottery and Porcelain, 14th February 1961referencepublication-2632adlib-publication-263264a355ff-02a0-3871-9dfd-748c4a3c6691English Enamels and British and Irish CeramicsCf. A model on a high pedestal in an Australian private collection, p. 21, no. 9, where the Fitzwilliam's example is mentioned.p. 21referencepublication-2776adlib-publication-27763bb2d2a2-3566-3858-9086-12c0e22c356dA Treasury of Bow, A Survey of the Bow Factory from First Patent until Closure 1744-1774referencepublication-3885adlib-publication-3885c9dd5580-277e-3bef-8584-e23b8f087d06Klaber & Klaber, Rare Antique Porcelain & Enamels, Summer Catalogue 2003Cf. p. 91, pl. 4.1 an example on a low base with a figure of Henry Woodward, in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, and see text, pp. 90-1.87-105referencepublication-200002950adlib-publication-200002950c611b982-085b-3d03-a70e-bf7ad5f22567Marketing Celebrity: Porcelain and Theatrical Displayreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoanimalreferenceterm-81073adlib-term-81073afcd0aec-cc0b-385e-8b79-3c42b02cf3e8dogpeoplereferenceterm-110524adlib-term-11052432c59331-8c3d-3c81-b21e-d5e2f2555602actressliteraldogdogliteralactressactressreferenceterm-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefiguresoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and lead-glazedreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Kitty Clive as 'The Fine Lady' in Letheobject
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