The Kemble family

Figurine of John Philip Kemble as Hamlet

Figurine of John Philip Kemble as Hamlet at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1783, probably made by Thomas Parr, polychromed glazed earthenware, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, about 1852, Eddison Collection. Museum no. S.1022-1996. © Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Figurine of John Philip Kemble as Hamlet

Known as a Tallis figure because the pose was originally copied from an engraving in Tallis's Shakespeare Gallery (1852-1853), which was in turn copied from a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).