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Production of earthenware figures continued throughout Victoria's lifetime, but although they were still made after her death in 1901, few appear to have been produced after 1905.  During their heyday, however, they were produced in vast numbers, usually modelled after prints.  They represented a wide variety of subjects but those of actors and actresses were especially popular. \r\n\r\nThis figurine is modelled after an engraving which reproduced a painting by John Calcott Horsley, <i>Henry V, when Prince of Wales, believing the King to be Dead, Takes the Crown from the Cushion,</i>exhibited at Westminster Hall in 1847. The engraving was printed in <i>The Illustrated London News</i> on 25 September 1847.  ","physicalDescription":"Figurine of Prince Hal standing, both arms raised as he placed the crown on his head.  He is dressed in a cream shirt, a belted pale lime green ermine-edged tunic, yellow gloves, pink/grey trousers with orange knee shields, black overglaze-painted shoes and a sword.  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