Six Designs for Decorated Plates
![Six Designs for Decorated Plates by Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/six-designs-for-decorated-plates-394814.webp)
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.527(14)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the inventive world of Victorian design with *Six Designs for Decorated* (1845–55), a delicate sheet of pen-and-ink drawings enhanced with watercolor, created by Samuel Alcock Company in collaboration with illustrator Alfred Henry Forrester, better known by his pseudonym Alfred Crowquill. Measuring 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches, this work from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection captures the firm's vision for ornamental earthenware plates, blending artistry with emerging industrial production. Produced during Britain's pottery boom in Staffordshire, Alcock & Comp...
About the Artist
Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British|British) · 1828 |1804 –1859 |1872
British, active ca. 1828–59|British, London 1804–1872 London