Image Title

:  162. Enamelled Ralph Wood figure of Chaucer, slightly gilded, standing near a pedestal on which are books and a scroll; on square marble base. H. 11-1/2"; 372. Figure of Milton, probably by Wedgwood, in white, arm resting on a pile of books, supported on a half-round pillar decorated with figures of Adam and Eve in relief; mounted on square base. H. 18-1/2".

Creator

: Earle, Cyril -- Collector

Additional Name(s)

: Earle, Cyril -- Author
Sheppard, Thomas, 1876- -- Author
Falkner, Frank, d. 1930 -- Author of introduction

Medium

: Halftone photomechanical prints

Specific Material Type

: Photomechanical prints

Item/Page/Plate

: 83

Source

: The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire pottery illustrating over seven hundred different pieces, by Major Cyril Earle, T.D., with an introduction by Frank Falkner, and a supplementary chapter by T. Sheppard, F.G.S. Containing upwards of two hundred and seventy half-tone reproductions in sepia and ten full-page plates in colour.

Source Description

: 3 p. l., v-xlvi, 240 p. col. front., illus., IX col. pl. 33 cm.

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Art and Architecture Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs

Catalog Call Number

: MPGO+ (Earle, C. Earle collection of early Staffordshire pottery illustrating over seven hundred different pieces)

Digital ID

: 495741

Record ID

: 340791

Digital Item Published

: 6-3-2005; updated 3-25-2011