Figure
ca. 1750 (made)
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Figure of a Horseman, supposed to represent George II at Dettingen in 1743, salt-glazed stoneware decorated in dark brown. A stylised figure in three-cornered dark brown hat, hair in tight curls, wide skirted coat, holding up a baton. Rectangular base, fluted along the straight sloping sides.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware, press-moulded and hand-modelled |
| Brief description | Figure of a Horseman, salt-glazed press-moulded and hand-modelled stoneware, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Figure of a Horseman, supposed to represent George II at Dettingen in 1743, salt-glazed stoneware decorated in dark brown. A stylised figure in three-cornered dark brown hat, hair in tight curls, wide skirted coat, holding up a baton. Rectangular base, fluted along the straight sloping sides. |
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| Gallery label | Figure of a Horseman
Made in Staffordshire, about 1750
Salt-glazed stoneware, press-moulded and hand-modelled
C.91-1938 Wallace Elliot bequest(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Stoner & Evans, 1930. From the Florence Clements Collection and the R.K. Price Collection. The figure probably represents King George II directing his troops at the Battle of Dettingen fought on the 27th June 1743, when the combined English and Austrians defeated the French army under the Duc de Noailles. It was in memory of this victory that Handel composed his Dettingen Te Deum. |
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| Bibliographic reference | All the Queen's Horses: The Role of the Horse in British History. Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, 2003 |
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| Accession number | C.91-1938 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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