Dr. Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician

Staffordshire

About 1745 - 1750

  • Titles Dr. Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium salt-glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions Height: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.315.1998
  • Work Type figure
  • Classification Sculpture

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