ECL.42-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.42-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Parian ware Shakespeare sculpture
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Standing man leaning on an ivy-covered tree stump
Comments
Bell's sculpture of Shakespeare at the 1851 exhibition was used by John Leech as the centrepiece of his cartoon 'Dinner-time at the Crystal Palace', published in Punch No. XX “Memorials of the Great Exhibition. — 1851.”
Description
Content (description)
Full-length profile of Shakespeare leaning on an ivy- covered tree stump. Some sheets of paper on the top of the stump. Signed 'John Bell' on bottom of stump.
Content (person)
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 (Subject)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 447mm
width (actual size): 180mm
depth (actual size): 135mm
width (actual size): 180mm
depth (actual size): 135mm
Material
ceramic
Materials & techniques note
Victorian porcelain
Production
Person
Bell, John, 1811 - 1895 (Creator)
Place
England
Date
19th century
History and association
Previous ownership
