Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Meigh, Charles
Title:
Julius Caesar.
Published / Created:
Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1839.
Physical Description:
1 jug : relief-molded tan stoneware ; height 25 cm (including handle), width 21 cm (including handle), depth 16 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Parks Jug 39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Impressed on bottom, within a laurel wreath: "Nov. 1st, 1839. Published by C. Meigh, Hanley. Julius Caesar." With the impressed figure '6'.

Title from Hughes.

Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 31

Henrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, pages 106-107

Depicts Julius Caesar landing his troops in Britain and Boadicea, the Queen of the Iceni Tribe, rallying her troops. Based on a print by Louis-Philippe Boitard. See Hughes.
Subject Terms:
Caesar, Julius. | Boadicea, Queen, -62. | Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. | Great Britain -- History, Military -- 55 B.C.-449 A.D. | Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Jugs (vessels) | Stoneware (pottery) | Ceramic (material) | Molding (forming) | Glazed ceramic ware (visual works)
Contributors:
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733–1770.