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Title

Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair],

circa 1765-1770

Artist

Derby

England

1750 -

An image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby
Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby
Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby
Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby Alternate image of Gentleman with hunting dog [one of a pair] by Derby

About

This figure and a lady with hunting dog (L2012.116) are said to be based on Chelsea prototypes. In other examples the man sometimes holds a sporting gun. The bases each have three patch marks, as is characteristic of Derby figures during the 1760s.

Details

Date

circa 1765-1770

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

22.5 x 10.2 x 9.4 cm

Credit

On loan from Kenneth Reed

Location

Not on display

Accession number

L2012.117

Reproduction requests

Artist information

Derby

Works in the collection

12

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 72 (colour illus.). cat.no. 85