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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1660.5
People
James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
William Tassie, British (London, England 1777 - 1860 London, England)
Title
Portrait of a Man
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/146349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White glass paste
Dimensions
sight: 3.2 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm (1 1/4 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1660.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Male in right profile; bald at front, bare shoulders.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 96

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

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