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Object Type
Museum number: 1887,0307,E.166.6
Description: Tile; tin-glazed earthenware; square; transfer-printed in black; trelliswork border hung with trophies and emblems; title on ribbon above and below subject; Mrs (Ann) Barry as Athenais in Nathaniel Lee's Theodosius; one of a frame of twenty tiles. Based on a print after James Roberts, engraved by John Thornthwaite and dated 12 December 1776, published by John Bell in 'Bell's British Theatre'.
Producer name: Printed by: Sadler & Green; Printed by: Guy Green (probably); After: James Roberts II; After: John Thornthwaite; After: John Bell, the publisher
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1777-1780 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Liverpool; Printed in: Printed Ware Manufactory
Materials
Ware
Technique: tin-glazed; transfer-printed
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum (E166); Ray 1994 / Liverpool Printed Tiles (p.57, fig.F1-2)
Location: On display (G46/Nwall/p5/top/noQ)
Subjects: actor/actress; heraldry; theatre/theatrical life
Associated names: Representation of: Ann Barry; Representation of: Aelia Eudocia; Illustration to: Nathaniel Lee
Associated titles: Associated Title: Theodosius, or The Force of Love; Associated Title: Bell's British Theatre Vol VII
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,E.166.6
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Jun 1994; Treatment: 30 Jun 1994

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