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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1383
People
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
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
  • 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
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
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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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