George Richard Rignold (1839-1912) as Henry V in William Shakespeare's 'Henry V'
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1880
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
400 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341511
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, George Richard Rignold (1839-1912) as Henry V in William Shakespeare's 'Henry V', Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of George Rignold as Henry V, standing wearing a crown over a chain-mail cap, his left arm holding a flag-pole with a large flag. Right foot on a step, and on the floor between his legs a heart-shaped shield with some animal decorating it.
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
n
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter