ECL.43-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.43-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
'Alas poor Yorick' statue
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Standing man holding a skull
Description
Content (description)
Full-length Staffordshire figure of John Philip Kemble as Hamlet, standing, in round hat with one plume, short trunks and hose, a cloak hangs behind him. Left hand holds a skull and right hand points to it.
Content (person)
Kemble, John Philip, 1757 - 1823 (Subject)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 275mm
width (actual size): 95mm
depth (actual size): 107mm
width (actual size): 95mm
depth (actual size): 107mm
Material
ceramic
Materials & techniques note
Staffordshire Pottery
Production
Place
England
Date
1850s
History and association
Previous ownership
