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Ceramics: B0093
Title
Dame Ellen Terry
Technique
Porcelain
Subject
Character
Queen Katherine : Henry VIII
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 32.5cm
Width: 15.5cm
Depth: 12cm
Width: 15.5cm
Depth: 12cm
Other materials
Royal Doulton porcelain; (catalogue HN379)
Inscription/signature
Maker’s mark: printed Doulton mark under base
Provenance
Bought by Richard Bebb from Keith Harding Antiques, Hornsey Road, North London, c.1958
Queen Katharine stands on a stepped plinth draped with carpets, and strikes a questioning pose. Her brocaded dress is a greenish ivory colour with cream trim. It has elaborately puffed sleeves and a long train that spreads round her feet. This figure is a pair with B0034.
The leading actress at Irving’s Lyceum Theatre, Ellen Terry first performed Queen Katharine, to Irving’s Wolsey, at the Lyceum on 5 January 1892. Her grace and beauty, as well as her musical voice and strong personality, charmed all audiences. The smitten Bernard Shaw lyrically proclaimed ‘Ellen Terry is the most beautiful name in the world. It rings like a charm through the last quarter of the nineteenth century.’
The leading actress at Irving’s Lyceum Theatre, Ellen Terry first performed Queen Katharine, to Irving’s Wolsey, at the Lyceum on 5 January 1892. Her grace and beauty, as well as her musical voice and strong personality, charmed all audiences. The smitten Bernard Shaw lyrically proclaimed ‘Ellen Terry is the most beautiful name in the world. It rings like a charm through the last quarter of the nineteenth century.’
