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They were probably intended to be displayed on wall brackets or larger pieces of furniture in domestic interiors. Advertisements placed by the Bow factory, where this one was made, mention their use on 'Mantel-pieces' and ladies' dressing tables. Porcelain figures were also set out on dining tables during the dessert course of grand dinners, but there is no firm evidence that English theatrical figures were used in this way. Both this figure and a companion piece made for it of the actress Kitty Clive are frontally posed, so they were probably displayed against a wall.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The figure shows the actor Henry Woodward (1714-1777) in the role of the 'Fine Gentleman' in David Garrick's popular farce <i>Lethe</i>. In the first production of  <i>Lethe</i> in 1740 Woodward played a different character, 'the Beau', but took the part of the 'Fine Gentleman' when <i>Lethe</i> was revived at London's Drury Lane in 1748. The companion figure made for it shows Kitty Clive performing in the same play as the 'Fine Lady'.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>This porcelain figure is copied from a mezzotint by James McArdell (1728-1765), which was in turn based on a drawing by Francis Hayman (1708-1776), a painter with close connections to the Drury Lane Theatre.","physicalDescription":"Figure in soft-paste porcelain of actor Henry Woodward, standing beside a pedestal, incised with a check pattern, with legs astride and hands in pockets, and  he wears a three-cornered hat, a frock coat over a long figured waistcoat, skirts tucked up over his arms, and knee breeches.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Bow Porcelain Factory","id":"A1505"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"incised","id":"AAT53847"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain and incised","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM3439","2019LX1494"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"36"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Statuette","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1750-1752","earliest":"1750-01-01","latest":"1752-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"27.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approx.","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"10.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approx.","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought by Lady Charlotte Schreiber to form a pair with actress Kitty Clive 414:135/A-1885 (Sch. I 1A)\r\nOne of these figures was bought by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £12 in May 1873 and the other from Brown, London, for £3 in April 1867\r\nAcquired as Chelsea porcelain.\r\nHenry Woodward is in the character of the <i>Fine Gentleman</i> in David Garrick's farce <i>Lethe</i>, and is modelled from an engraving by James McArdell and after the painting by Francis Hayman.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Figure in soft-paste porcelain of actor Henry Woodward, standing with legs astride and hands in pockets, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, 1750-1752.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Mallet, J.V.G. in Snodin, Michael (ed.), <u> Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth’s England.</u> Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984, cat. 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Henry Woodward is shown as the 'Fine Gentleman' in David Garrick's play 'Lethe', a role he first performed in 1748.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["414:135-1885"],"accessionNumberNum":"414","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1885,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Schreiber number","id":"THES50279"},"number":"Sch. I 1"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN0863","2019LR6470","2019LR5516","2019LV6892"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-04-07","availableToBook":false}}