Virtue, Labor, and Profit in the Georgian Era: British Art from the Collection

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Virtue, Labor, and Profit in the Georgian Era: British Art from the Collection
Virtue, Labor, and Profit in the Georgian Era: British Art from the Collection
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

A display of 18th century British works, including furniture, portraits, prints, glassware, textiles, ceramics, and silver. The exhibition, organized by former curatorial intern Michelle Robinson, focuses on the objects and artists that shaped the commercial English state in the Georgian era.

Works of art

sideboard table
mid 1700s
teacup and saucer
circa 1740
coffepot and lid
circa 1740–1760
tea caddy
1719–1795
teapot with lid
circa 1770–1780
creamer
mid 1700s
Worcester Porcelain Company, teapot with lid
Worcester Porcelain Company
1750–1780
Worcester Porcelain Company, teacup and saucer
Worcester Porcelain Company
circa 1757–1765
Worcester Porcelain Company, plate
Worcester Porcelain Company
circa 1755–1790
Hartley Greens & Co. Leeds Pottery, platter
Hartley Greens & Co. Leeds Pottery
1775–1830
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759), plaque
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759)
late 1700s
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759), teacup and saucer
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759)
1808–1812
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, puzzle jug
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
circa 1810
creamer
circa 1820
creamer
circa 1820
William Adam and Sons, coffeepot with lid
William Adam and Sons
1830
soup plate
1800–1830
coffeepot with lid
circa late 1700s
ale glass
1755–1775
cordial glass
circa 1755–1780
salt cellar
late 1700s
wine glass
circa 1755–1780
wine glass
1755–1780
goblet
late 1700s
wine glass
1750–1775
William Fountain (active 1791–?); Daniel Pontifex (active late 1700s), tea caddy
William Fountain (active 1791–?); Daniel Pontifex (active late 1700s)
1793
candlestick
1786–1793
Richard Green, tankard with lid
Richard Green
circa 1703–1719
Walter Tweedie, teapot
Walter Tweedie
1782–1783
John Berthelot, coffeepot
John Berthelot
1762
Henry Cowper, coffeepot
Henry Cowper
1809–1810
William Eley and William Fearn, giblet ladle
William Eley and William Fearn
1802
teapot
late 1700s–early 1800s
taper jack
1780–1800
hot water jug
circa 1780
John Emes (active 1762–1810), fish server
John Emes (active 1762–1810)
1805–1806
Michael Ward, double handled cup
Michael Ward
circa 1750