IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71184 accession number: C.1022-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The Duke of Wellington, with grey hair and serious gaze suggesting the elder statesman, sits in a high-backed arm-chair, in relaxed but alert pose, with his left hand raised towards his head. His right hand rests on a hat, on his lap. His legs are crossed and his right foot rests on a cushion. He wears a jacket, waistcoat and bow tie, each edged and decorated with gilt; his shoes are black. His eyebrows are finely painted. The figure is mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. The base is rectangular base and outlined in gilt. It has a scalloped bottom edge at the front, with ‘Wellington’ inscribed in gilded script above.The underside is concave and glazed, with a round vent hole. The back is mainly flat, with vent hole 22.5cm from the bottom. There is no decoration to back or sides. object type: White earthenware moulded in several parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with black, grey, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gold. title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: 109 South 15th Street Philadelphia U.S.A. Bought on 23 April 1910, for $18, by Dr Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71184 PEOPLE ------------------- Bonaparte, Napoléon Duke of Wellington Wellesley, Arthur SUBJECTS ------------------- Waterloo, Battle of TECHNIQUES ---------- White earthenware moulded in several parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with black, grey, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed, with a round vent hole. The back is mainly flat, with vent hole 22.5cm from the bottom. There is no decoration to back or sides. press-moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1850 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1850 culture: 19th Century, Mid# culture: Victorian CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 16.5 dimension: Depth units: in value: 6.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 30.5 dimension: Height units: in value: 12 dimension: Width units: cm value: 12 dimension: Width units: in value: 4.75 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One: portraits, naval & military, theatrical & literary characters Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age Staffordshire Pottery Figures Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era Staffordshire Portrait Figures --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_1022_1928_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_1022_1928_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_1022_1928_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_1022_1928_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_1022_1928_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_1022_1928_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/mid_C_1022_1928_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_1022_1928_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/preview_C_1022_1928_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels