1943.1383: Basil William Lord Daer (1765-1795)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1383
- People
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James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
- Title
- Basil William Lord Daer (1765-1795)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medallion
- Date
- 1794
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229617
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
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10.4 x 7.5 x 1.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
with loop for hanging: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: impressed at l.r.: Tassie F.
- inscription: in exergue, impressed: LORD DAER / 1794
- label: verso, paper and black ink [faded or waterstained], handwritten: Unique pair / [underscored:] in bronze. Made by James Tassie / for [ ] / [ ]
- gallery label: verso, paper, black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE, / S. Kensington / LONDON, S. W. [handwritten:] Lord Daer / 1794 / James Tassie
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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James Tassie. [1] [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1914, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Notes
[1] Tassie's ownership comes from Rathbone
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1383
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Daer in left profile, with cravat and ponytail. Hanging loop attached directly to medallion.
Publication History
- Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 107, p. 41
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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