Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1609: Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800) Medals and Medallions Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800) (Wedgwood) , 1943.1609,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229377. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1609 People Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) Title Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800) Classification Medals and Medallions Work Type medallion Date 1775 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229377 Physical Descriptions Medium White jasperware with lavender glaze and head in white relief Technique Jasperware Dimensions sight: 4.1 x 3.3 x 1 cm (1 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD label: verso, paper, black ink, printed: F. RATHBONE / 20 Alfred Place West / S. Kensington, / LONDON S. W. label: verso, paper, black ink, handwritten: Mrs. Montague / 1720-1800 / 1785 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1915, 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 1943.1609 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Mrs. Montagu in profile right. Two firing holes on verso. Publication History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 60, p. 27 Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 132, no. 65, ill. Casey Monahan, "'If I offer you too much you have the remedy by declining it!:' Frederick Rathbone and the Grenville Lindall Winthrop Collection of Wedgwood at the Harvard Art Museums", Proceedings of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Wedgwood International Seminar, Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, 2019), pp. 33-43, p. 41 Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
