Mr Lee Lewis in the character of Harlequin

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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Sadler and Green (factory) Green, Guy (printer)
Place of origin	Liverpool (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware, design of full-length theatrical portrait of Mrs. Lessingham in the character of Ophelia with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments, white back ground transfer printed in black from an engraved copper plate, by Guy Green, Sadler and Green. England (Liverpool), about 1777-1780

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Categories	Delftware Tiles Ceramics Earthenware
Object type	Tile
Title	Mr Lee Lewis in the character of Harlequin (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration Earthenware Tin Glaze Enamels Glazed Transfer Printed
Brief description	Tin-glazed earthenware, design of full-length theatrical portrait of Mrs. Lessingham in the character of Ophelia with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments, white back ground transfer printed in black from an engraved copper plate, by Guy Green, Sadler and Green. England (Liverpool), about 1777-1780
Physical description	Tin-glazed earthenware, design of full-length theatrical portrait of Mrs. Lessingham in the character of Ophelia with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments, white back ground transfer printed in black from an engraved copper plate, by Guy Green, Sadler and Green. England (Liverpool), about 1777-1780
Dimensions	Width: 128mm Thickness: 7mm
Subjects depicted	Theatre Figure Lyre Masks Harlequin
Bibliographic references	Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 Ray Tiles, No: 784. Ray 1973, No: F1-16. Ray 1973, No: F1-1. Ray, Anthony, Liverpool Printed Tiles, Jonathan Horne, London, 1994, pp 13, 57-63.
Other number	N.567 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.23-1993

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O20915/mr-lee-lewis-in-the-tile-green-guy/

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