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This two-volume biography of the sixteenth-century French potter
and natural scientist Bernard Palissy (c.1510-c.1590) was published
in 1852, the year after the Great Exhibition, in which Palissy's
extraordinary art had been brought before the Victorian public by
Minton's highly decorated 'Palissy wares'. Henry Morley (1822-94)
trained in medicine but later became an author and editor, writing
for Charles Dickens among others. Here he gathers together all the
material then available about Palissy, including the potter's own
writings and a contemporary biography. Palissy was among the many
European ceramicists who attempted to reproduce Chinese porcelain;
his lack of success drove his family into poverty, but his highly
ornamented wares, encrusted with sea creatures, came to the
attention of Catherine de' Medici, who gave him her patronage and
protection (he was a convinced Protestant). After her death he was
sent to the Bastille, and died there.
This two-volume biography of the sixteenth-century French potter
and natural scientist Bernard Palissy (c.1510-c.1590) was published
in 1852, the year after the Great Exhibition, in which Palissy's
extraordinary art had been brought before the Victorian public by
Minton's highly decorated 'Palissy wares'. Henry Morley (1822-94)
trained in medicine but later became an author and editor, writing
for Charles Dickens among others. Here he gathers together all the
material then available about Palissy, including the potter's own
writings and a contemporary biography. Palissy was among the many
European ceramicists who attempted to reproduce Chinese porcelain;
his lack of success drove his family into poverty, but his highly
ornamented wares, encrusted with sea creatures, came to the
attention of Catherine de' Medici, who gave him her patronage and
protection (he was a convinced Protestant). After her death he was
sent to the Bastille, and died there.
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Henry Morley
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Henry Morley
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