glazed terracotta, incised inscription to base FMB/ THE YOUNG MILTON70.5cm x 42.5cmFootnote: Literature: Hyland, P., The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, ACC, 2014, p.241, Appendix A; and p.246 Appendix C.Note: This panel is listed in The Della Robbia 1896 catalogue as item 503, one of four plaques after designs by Ford Madox Brown. From 1895 the pottery produced several more pieces after Brown's cartoons, including Gideon; Elkana and the Dores; The Blessing of Isaac, Mary Magdalene; Peda, King of Kent and King Edward the First. A 'Milton' panel was also listed as lot 61 in the catalogue of the Della Robbia Pottery Closing sale in 1906.