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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1689 - 1702; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, tile picture, tin-glazing, earthenware, tin-glazed pinkish-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese and blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928 [C.2843-1928]
Description: Tile picture. Composed of sixteen square and twenty border tiles. Earthenware, tin-glazed pinkish-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese and blue. King William III wearing a crown, riding a horse prancing towards the left. His sash and the saddle-cloth are blue. In the foreground there are flowering plants and pebbles and in the background, clouds. At the top is an inscription: 'WILLIAM DE III KONING VAN. GROUT BRITANNIEN'. The border tiles are decorated with scrolling stems bearing foliage and formal flowers. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | tile picture tin-glazed earthenware Unknown | Temporal: | name=late 17th Century; start=1689; end=1702 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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