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KING LEAR V.III.

Tile
ca.1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Minton (makers)
Smith, John Moyr (designed)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Minton tile printed in underglaze black with an image of an incident in King Lear, Act V, scene iii. Mounted in a wooden frame with four tiles from the same Minton Shakespeare series illustrating incidents from Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, scene iv; Cymbeline, Act II, scene ii; The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, scene iii,;and Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, scene ii. Designed by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912).


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Ceramics
Tiles
Scotland
Object type
Tile
TitleKING LEAR V.III. (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Glaze
Brief description
Minton tile printed with an image of an incident in Act V, scene iii, of Shakespeare's King Lear. Designed by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912).
Physical description
Square encaustic tile decorated in underglaze black with triangular decorative pattern in each corner surrounding a central image within a roundel depicting Act V, scene iii of Shakespeare's King Lear. Entitled above the image: KING LEAR V.III. Mounted in a wooden frame with four tiles from the same Minton Shakespeare series.
Dimensions
  • Tile height: 15.1cm
  • Tile width: 15.1cm
  • Frame height: 18cm
  • Frame width: 79.2cm
  • Frame depth: 2.7cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Literary referenceKing Lear
Summary
Minton tile printed in underglaze black with an image of an incident in King Lear, Act V, scene iii. Mounted in a wooden frame with four tiles from the same Minton Shakespeare series illustrating incidents from Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, scene iv; Cymbeline, Act II, scene ii; The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, scene iii,;and Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, scene ii. Designed by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912).
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.917-1981

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Record createdFebruary 21, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1243787/king-lear-viii-tile-smith-john-moyr/
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