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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1248.4
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Profile Head of a Man
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/144153

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White relief head on light-blue ground
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
sight: 2.1 x 1.8 x 1 cm (13/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; [through Cooper and Griffith, New York] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1248.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Head of an older man in left profile.

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