From Old Wedgewood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work, in Colour and Relief, invented and produced by Josiah Wedgewood, at Etruria, in Staffordshire, 1760-1794. Josiah Wedgwood FRS (1730-1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the industrialisation of the manufacture of European pottery.

Original chromolithograph by W. Griggs; sheet size: 50.5 x 38 cm.; mounted, overall size: 62 x 49 cm.