Grayson Perry with one of his pots at Sotheby’s auction house, 2009 (Getty Images) And so to Claire and his transvestite identity. “I often go out in an entire outfit: shoes, dress, coat ...

In the case of Sir Grayson Perry, the country’s best-known cross dressing potter, his activities are documented by a self-styled “burnt-out celebrity photographer”, Richard Ansett.

At the Wallace Collection, Grayson Perry Topples the Affluent Class from Within “Delusions of Grandeur” in London roguishly examines gender, mental illness, wealth and craftsmanship.