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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1378
People
James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
Title
Princess Amelia (1783-1810)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Princess Charlotte Augusta
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass paste relief with clear glass background and backing of blue paper
Dimensions
3.5 cm. diam. x 1.2 cm depth (1 3/8 x 1/2 in.) (sight)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of frame, paper and black ink, handwritten: Princess / Charlotte Augusta / daughter of George III / 1796-1817 / Tassie
  • label: back of frame, paper and black ink, printed: B.A.M. / ON LOAN FROM / R. D. TANGYE ESQ. NO.
  • inscription: backing, white chalk?, handwritten: 618

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sir Richard Tangye, Birmingham, England. [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 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
1943.1378
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Princess Amelia as a child, to three-quarters right, in lace cap.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 108, p. 42

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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