{"data": {"id": 97996, "accession_number": "1917.626", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Figure of Britannia, c. 1756. Made by Longton Hall Porcelain Factory (British, Staffordshire, 1749\u201360), decorated by Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (British, 1751\u20131764). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 28 x 24.5 x 13.7 cm (11 x 9 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness, 1917.626", "current_location": "203A British Painting and Decorative Arts", "title": "Figure of Britannia", "creation_date": "c. 1756", "creation_date_earliest": 1750, "creation_date_latest": 1760, "artists_tags": ["gender unknown"], "culture": ["England, Staffordshire"], "technique": "soft-paste porcelain", "support_materials": [], "department": "Decorative Art and Design", "collection": "Decorative Arts", "type": "Ceramic", "measurements": "Overall: 28 x 24.5 x 13.7 cm (11 x 9 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.28, "height_inch": 11, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0, "width": 0.245, "width_inch": 9, "width_inch_fraction": 0.625, "depth": 0.137, "depth_inch": 5, "depth_inch_fraction": 0.375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 346817, "title": "Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries", "description": "<i>Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).", "opening_date": "1934-11-09T05:00:00"}, {"id": 312341, "title": "The Silver Jubilee Exhibition", "description": "<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).", "opening_date": "1941-06-23T04:00:00"}, {"id": 706804, "title": "English Pottery and Porcelain, 1300-1850", "description": "<i>English Pottery and Porcelain, 1300-1850</i>. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (January 19-February 28, 1954).", "opening_date": "1954-01-19T05:00:00"}, {"id": 306699, "title": "British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)", "description": "<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).", "opening_date": "2020-06-30T04:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "?-1916", "sortorder": null}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1917-", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The creation of this triumphant personification of the nation was likely spurred on by Great Britain\u2019s conflict with France in the Seven Years\u2019 War (1756\u201363).", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "In this depiction of Britannia, the figure is surrounded by symbols of England\u2019s power and military might. On one side, she and a lion, another symbol of Britain, support a shield adorned with the Union flag. Below it lay motifs associated with war such as armor, a trumpet, and a flag. On her left, Britannia presents a medallion to the viewer as she rests her feet on a globe, a symbol of the nation\u2019s territorial aspirations. The portrait may depict the reigning king, George II (1683\u20131760), or Prince Frederick Louis (1707\u20131751), his recently deceased heir.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60747145"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1917.626-figure-of-britannia"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "\"Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 63.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 63", "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.", "page_number": "Mentioned & reproduced: p.11", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n13"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 10", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n14"}, {"citation": "Milliken, William Mathewson. \"European Porcelains Bequeathed by Mary Warden Harkness.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>15, no. 2 (February 1928): 57-59.", "page_number": "Mentioned & reproduced:  pp. 58-9", "url": "www.jstor.org/stable/25137108"}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.626", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_web.jpg", "width": "933", "height": "893", "filesize": "426758", "filename": "1917.626_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "3255", "filesize": "5215978", "filename": "1917.626_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_full.tif", "width": "4142", "height": "3965", "filesize": "49302112", "filename": "1917.626_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "655", "height": "893", "filesize": "297597"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "2494", "height": "3400", "filesize": "3886892"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt0_full.tif", "width": "3249", "height": "4430", "filesize": "43210908"}, "date_created": "2007-02-27T16:41:55", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "871", "height": "893", "filesize": "370515"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "3315", "height": "3400", "filesize": "5068784"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt1_full.tif", "width": "3828", "height": "3926", "filesize": "45118972"}, "date_created": "2007-02-27T17:01:12", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt2_web.jpg", "width": "659", "height": "893", "filesize": "266510"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt2_print.jpg", "width": "2509", "height": "3400", "filesize": "3815752"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt2_full.tif", "width": "3055", "height": "4140", "filesize": "37974032"}, "date_created": "2007-02-27T17:10:17", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt3_web.jpg", "width": "1220", "height": "893", "filesize": "532400"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt3_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2489", "filesize": "3928038"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.626/1917.626_alt3_full.tif", "width": "5328", "height": "3900", "filesize": "62369492"}, "date_created": "2007-02-27T18:09:46", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 97996, "creators": [{"id": 57145, "description": "Longton Hall Porcelain Factory (British, Staffordshire, 1749\u201360)", "extent": "made by", "qualifier": null, "role": "maker", "biography": "The first porcelain factory in Staffordshire, it was run by a salt-glaze potter, William Littler, from c. 1749 to 1760 and produced both decorative and useful wares in rather heavy soft-paste similar to that of Chelsea. 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