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John Wesley Preaching
Potter: Fishley, George
Red earthenware with details in white with impressed decoration, and greenish-yellowish lead-glaze. Wesley stands with his feet together on a high mound base. He wears a long gown; a stole represented by an applied strip of white clay impressed with small dots. He holds an open book in his left hand and has his right hand raised.
History note: Theodore Charbonnier (1845-1932), Lynmouth, Devon, from whom purchased in October 1912 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Circa
1840
CE
-
1850
CE
After John Wesley's death in 1791 he continued to be greatly revered. Busts and figures of him preaching were made in large numbers. This simple figure was probably made by Geroge Fishley during the 1840s. By the his son, Edmund, had taken charge of the family pottery, and Fishley senior seems to have turned his hand to modelling human and animal figures.
Visible Surfaces
composed of
lead-glaze
( greenish-yellow)
Decoration On Stole
Figure
Stole
red Earthenware
Accession number: C.92-1928
Primary reference Number: 76385
Old object number: 35
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "John Wesley Preaching" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76385 Accessed: 2024-04-19 06:16:10
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Accession Number: C.730 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.3159-1928
Accession Number: C.974-1928
Accession Number: C.17-1975
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