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John Wesley
Production:
Unidentified Staffordshire factory
(Probably)
Factory:
Unidentified Yorkshire factory
(Possibly)
White earthenware, moulded, lead-glazed, transfer-printed and painted in black enamel. Rectangular with a raised frame. Transfer-printed in the middle with a three-quarter face half-length portrait of John Wesley, seated in a chair behind a table on which is a Bible which he holds open with his left hand, and points to a place on the page with his right hand. Behind him there is a draped curtain with a tassel, and a bookcase. 'REVEREND JOHN WELSEY. M.A./Aged 87.' is printed below.
History note: Unknown before Spencer George Perceval (1838-1922) by whom bequeathed
S.G. Perceval Bequest, 1922
Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922-05-02) by Perceval, Spencer George
1820s
1830s
1840s
George IV
William IV
Victoria I
Circa
1820
CE
-
1840
CE
The portrait was copied from an engraving by William Ridley after a miniature by R. Arnold. It may have been paired with a plaque of Adam Clarke (1762-1832), a Methodist theologian and biblical scholar, whose portrait was often paired with John Wesley's.
Decoration composed of enamel ( black)
Accession number: PER.C.3-1922
Primary reference Number: 77882
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 (2023) "John Wesley" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77882 Accessed: 2023-03-26 04:18:13
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77882
|title=John Wesley
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-26 04:18:13|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-77882
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Accession Number: C.730 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.974-1928
Accession Number: C.17-1975
Accession Number: C.973-1928
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