Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1176: The Dipping of Achilles 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"The Dipping of Achilles (Manufactured by Wedgwood)(After James Tassie) , 1943.1176,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229883. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1176 People Manufactured by Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) After James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England) Title The Dipping of Achilles Other Titles Alternate Title: The Immortalization of Achilles Classification Medals and Medallions Work Type medallion Date late 18th century Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229883 Physical Descriptions Medium White jasperware body with blue glaze back and front surmounted by green jasperware border; figures and decoration in white relief Technique Jasperware Dimensions 6.6 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (2 5/8 x 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD / H inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: 12876 inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: [3]? Provenance Recorded Ownership History Anthony Bower, Liverpool, England. [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, July 25, 1913, 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 1943.1176 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. Publication History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 23, p. 17 Jonathan Shaw and Jennifer Carling, "The Lost Museum: Teachings of the Philosophy Chamber, Recreated", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 42-49, p. 45 Ethan Lasser, ed., The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 107, Plate 43b; p. 127, Plate 63 (contents of cabinet); p. 140 (detail); pp. 152-157 in Jennifer L. Roberts's "Submergence" Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2015 - 05/05/2016 The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2017 - 12/31/2017 Related Articles Art Study Center Seminars at Home June 22, 2020 Related Works 1943.1169 Wedgwood Sacrifice to Hymen Medals and Medallions 1943.1175 Wedgwood Two Nymphs and Cupid with a Mask with Zodiac Border Medals and Medallions 1943.1170 Manufactured by Wedgwood The Three Graces with Zodiac Border Medals and Medallions 1943.1171 Manufactured by Wedgwood Sacrifice to Concordia Medals and Medallions 1943.1177 Wedgwood Veturia and Volumnia Entreating Coriolanus with Zodiac Border Medals and Medallions 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
