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Decorative plate featuring a camel - 1874
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Decorative plate featuring a camel
This decorative plate is one of a small series of animal plates individually hand-painted in sepia by Colonel Henry Hope Crealock in 1874.
This decorative plate is one of a small series of animal plates individually hand-painted in sepia by Colonel Henry Hope Crealock in 1874.
- Type of object: Dinner ware/plate
- Mark: India. The expression of my Camel's face in India while being laden - for the Line of March. [Painted in brown] H Hope Crealock Colonel 1874 [Painted in script in brown] WEDGWOOD GHB L [Impressed]
- Year first produced: 1874
- Body: Queen's ware, cream-coloured earthenware
- Glaze: Clear glaze
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Hand-painted, pierced
- Accession number: 3931
- Dimensions: 223 mm (diameter), 16 mm (depth)
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Colonel Henry Hope Crealock
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Colonel Henry Hope Crealock - Artist
Colonel Crealock was a professionel soldier who had served in the British Army during the Crimean War and had also been posted to India, China, Vienna, Ireland and South Africa. Crealock retired from the Army in 1884 with the rank of Lieutenant General. As well as being a professional soldier Crealock was a talented painter.
