William Charles Macready (1793-1873) as Shylock in William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1852
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
234 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341469
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, William Charles Macready (1793-1873) as Shylock in William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice', Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of William Charles Macready as Shylock, standing, bearded and long-haired, in a cap and long scarlet robe edged with ermine.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
SHYLOCK (indented caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter