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Collection of 3 porcelain figures and 2 dishes

Unknown artist, 1736–1830

Figures of Henry Woodward as 'Fine Gentleman' from an engraving by James McArdell; Kitty Clive as 'Fine Lady' in Garrick's 'Lethe',1750 from an engraving by Charles Mosley, and a boy and girl, 1830. Chelsea dish, circa 1755, and a Worcester butter dish, circa 1760. Part of two gifts to eight museums by Dorothea Hamilton through the Art Fund in 1963 and 1971.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of 3 porcelain figures and 2 dishes, 1736–1830

Date supported

1963

Medium and material

Porcelain

Gifted by

Dorothea Hamilton

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