Not currently on display at the V&A

Bust

1781 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Wood, Enoch (modeller)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Bust of the Rev. John Wesley, with impressed inscription at back.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Bust
Materials and techniques
earthenware, painted in colours
Earthenware
Brief description
Bust, The Rev. John Wesley, earthenware, Enoch Wood, Staffordshire, ca.1781-91
Physical description
Bust of the Rev. John Wesley, with impressed inscription at back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
converted from register
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • "REVEREND/JOHN WESLEY M.A/FELLOW OF LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD/AND FOUNDER OF METHODISM/HE SAT FOR THIS BUST/TO/MR.ENOCH WOOD,SCULPTOR/BURSLEM/1781/AND DIED IN 1791/AGED 8_/YEARS" (Impressed to back)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Bought from the Haliburton Collection
Object history
Purchased, Haliburton collection
Production
see References, Hafpenny, for notes on maker. This model dates to 1781 but this bust dates to post 1791 accroding to inscription on back
Subject depicted
Wesley, John (Reverend)
Associated object
83-1874 (Set)
Bibliographic reference
Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995), pp.142-3.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
84-1874

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Record createdApril 16, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224865/bust-wood-enoch/
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